Here is a lovely review of Navigator from an entity called LEO, the article is “Six Summer Books For Men.” “One of the best crime novels we have read in a long time, this book is intelligent, well-plotted and...
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Thirty Years Ago
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Thirty years ago, I had a nifty big house on Hamburg Cove, on the Connecticut River near Lyme. My daughter Ranie got married at the old Congregational Church, across the harbor. I rowed her over in this lovely Whitehall...
Boats of All Times
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Here’s an odd blend of old boats. I have been re reading The Boys In the Boat about the 1936 Olympics and the amazing Washington crew. There’s a lot about the legendary builder of shells, George Pocock. I have...
THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR … HEROINES
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One of the great pleasures for me in writing The Practical Navigator was creating the two heroines, one of whom is phantasized in this advertisement. (A gifted agency is doing a bunch of ads for us, using quotes from the book....
Recording the Audio Book…BIG DEAL!
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You’d think that recording an almost 400-page book aloud would be boring and dull. Not a bit of it; it’s electrifying and great fun. (Hope that comes through in the audio). One is reading one’s favorite book, of course;...