The Last Time Around Cape Horn: The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir

by Peter Stark and William F. Stark

Book Overview

A memorable tale of adventure on the turbulent seas of the Great Southern and Atlantic oceans--on one of the most historic voyages of our time--finds its way into paperback. This is William F. Stark's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786714611
• ISBN13: 9780786714612
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Last Time Around Cape Horn

This was a gift for a friend who was taking a cruise around Cape Horn this Christmas. It was much enjoyed by the recipient.

A Very Worthwhile Reading Experience

The author presents a very well written personal memoir of his 1949 trip around Cape Horn on an old fashioned windjammer. He was a junior at Dartmouth studying "abroad" in Europe when in pursuit of his dream he travelled by airplane to Australia in the hope of securing a deckhand position on a four masted barque. I found that the story was very well presented. Not being a sailor myself, I found that the author more than adequately presented the nautical and seafaring jargon in easy to understand layman's terms. In reading this book I felt that I was the beneficiary of an "old timer" telling his very personal story of a great adventure just to me. You will not be disappointed if you enjoy sea stories well told.

Follow your dream!

A gem. I didn't want it to end. The best adventure I've read since Stephen Ambrose's ''Undaunted Courage.'' Give it to your father; give it to your sons.