We Three: Fred, the Ferry Boat, and Me
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1468127454 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 182 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
No one, as far as we knew, ever piloted a 47-foot, deep-draft Gulfstar sailboat all the way from Washburn, Wisconsin to Freeport, Texas. We were literally and figuratively launching a journey that, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, had never been taken before. Most of these events happened in November of 1993, which is significant because of the horrific floods that inundated the Nation’s heartland that year. It was the first leg of a water-logged odyssey that would take "We Three: Fred, the Ferry Boat, and Me" some 2,400 miles through three of the Great Lakes and down the nation’s Inland Waterways – the Chicago, the Illinois, and the Mississippi rivers – to the Gulf of Mexico. In making this epic voyage, never did we think we would be risking our lives many times during the month-long journey. Much of what happened in these pages could have happened last November or just aboout any November. However, little did we think about some of those imminent dangers that awaited us that fall when we steered the "Harper’s Ferry" sailboat out of its home port into the mammoth Lake Superior for the last time. It turned out to be more like a walk in a park full of muggers.. I, for one, thought it was
"We Three: Fred, the Ferry Boat, and Me" is his fifth book, one of which is the award-winning "Eleven Days in Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas" – honored by the Writers League of Texas as “the best in Texas non-fiction for 2005”. (Bill) Harper completed a career as a newspaper and magazine re
He teaches Memoir Writing in College Station, Texas and was a Guest Lecturer at University of Houston and Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. About the Author William T. (Bill) Harper completed a career as a newspaper and magazine reporter, writer, editor, and natural gas industry executive before “running away from home” on his sailboat. "We Three: Fred, the Ferry Boat, and Me" is his fifth book, one of which is the award-winning "Eleven Days in Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas" – honored by the Writers League of Texas as “the best in Texas non-fiction for 2005”.
"We Three: Fred, the Ferry Boat, and Me" according to Barbara Carrera. Excellent, how much fun to read. I would recommend this for anyone interested in sailing or adventure for that matter. The misshaps during the trip and how it was described makes you feel like you were right there. If you ever have the urge to start over in life read this first and learn by their mistakes or should I say, amazing journey.