Bibliograph

Across the Savage Sea, the Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic

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Across the Savage Sea, the Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Across the Savage Sea

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

the Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic

Summary

Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east. Maud Fontenoy, a 2005 Time (Europe) Hero, changed that forever when she became the first woman to do so. In 2003 Fontenoy, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her twenty-four-foot-long boat, Pilot, to row across the North Atlantic. Her goal: to prove that a woman could do what men once believed to be impossible. It became a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire

Target audience

adult

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