{"product_id":"daring-the-sea-the-true-story-of-the-first-men-to-row-across-the-atlantic-ocean","title":"DARING THE SEA: The True Story of the First Men to Row Across the Atlantic Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eDARING THE SEA: The True Story of the First Men to Row Across the Atlantic Ocean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby David W. Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 1559724609\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Carol Publishing 1998, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 160 w x 235 h x 20 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 224\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2605\/U463\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nChronicles the incredible 1896 journey of Norwegian immigrants George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1896, the two Norwegian immigrants from the New Jersey coast set out to attain their piece of the American Dream by risking their lives to achieve the seemingly impossible. Their hope was to attract worldwide attention and lucrative lecture and exhibition fees if they succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChronicles their incredible - and nearly fatal - row across the Atlantic in a tiny, eighteen-foot boat with no sail, no steam engine, not even a rudder to aid them as they struggled with storms, a capsize, hunger, relentless fatigue, great mental hardship, and near collisions with ships, whales, and an iceberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite these obstacles, Harbo and Samuelsen rowed the 3,000 miles in an amazing fifty-five days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only light wear\/spine fading on dust jacket, faint spotting on end papers. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScare locally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452738519332,"sku":null,"price":54.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/136529.jpg?v=1785443457","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/daring-the-sea-the-true-story-of-the-first-men-to-row-across-the-atlantic-ocean","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}