{"product_id":"second-wind-a-sunfish-sailor-an-island-and-the-voyage-that-brought-a-family-together-paperback","title":"Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Hurricane's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow--the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves to the finish.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1992, Nat Philbrick was in his late thirties, living with his family on Nantucket, feeling stranded and longing for that thrill of victory he once felt after winning a national sailing championship in his youth. Was it a midlife crisis? It was certainly a watershed for the journalist-turned-stay-at-home dad, who impulsively decided to throw his hat into the ring, or water, again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the bemused approval of his wife and children, Philbrick used the off-season on the island as his solitary training ground, sailing his tiny Sunfish to its remotest corners, experiencing the haunting beauty of its tidal creeks, inlets, and wave-battered sandbars. On ponds, bays, rivers, and finally at the championship on a lake in the heartland of America, he sailed through storms and memories, racing for the prize, but finding something unexpected about himself instead.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eBunker Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the New England Book Award; \u003ci\u003eSea of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhy Read Moby Dick?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eValiant Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAway Off Shore\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753777660192,"sku":"9780143132097","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/049e6ae28cd00f88f5178fd539bdc5b9.webp?v=1780027309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/second-wind-a-sunfish-sailor-an-island-and-the-voyage-that-brought-a-family-together-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}