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America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans -- And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever - Softcover
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The America's Cup is the oldest international trophy in competitive sports, yet few know the inspirational story of the dedicated seamen behind the original historic race. In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer struck a terrible deal with the New York Yacht Club: he would attempt to build them the world's fastest boat, but he would receive no payment unless the vessel emerged victorious at The Great Exhibition in England. With its revolutionary design and striking beauty, the yacht AMERICA would have to beat fourteen of the best boats that Britain ??? the world's greatest maritime nation ??? could bring to the line. It seemed an impossible task. Yet AMERICA's small, unlikely team of humble, hardworking men faced the might and arrogance not only of their British competitors, but also their own backers, and achieved the unthinkable.
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"Shaw produces an exciting recounting of the race itself, he provides an equally fascinating depiction of the boat's dangerous and turbulent voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to get to the competition. He also includes a wonderful appendix on the post-race fate of the AMERICA, from its use by the Confederate Army to an ignominious post, WW II end." -- Publisher's Weekly "Publishers Weekly"
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- VerlagSheridan House Inc
- Erscheinungsdatum2004
- ISBN 10 1574091875
- ISBN 13 9781574091878
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten296
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America's Victory : The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans - And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2004
ISBN 10: 1574091875
ISBN 13: 9781574091878
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