Author: Walter Bradley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768770
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Gib’s Odyssey is the true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. On an astonishing six-month voyage, Gib and his boat, Ka-Ching, encounter everything from an incompetent sailboat captain who lets his tow-rope wrap around Ka-Ching’s propellers and when he dives into the water to cut it loose accidently stabs himself with his knife, to the Navy and Coast Guard Zodiacs rushing to stop him from entering a naval bombardment zone. Gib carries out epic searches for his two kittens when they go AWOL at an Atlantic City marina and when one later falls overboard. All the while, he is forced to cope with increasing levels of paralysis, steering the boat home with his feet and unable to speak. Authored by Gib’s neurologist, Gib’s Odyssey is told in Gib’s own voice through a series of e-mails and articles he wrote for the Key West Citizen. Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes hilarious story of one man’s conquest of death and his profound insights into life.
Gib's Odyssey
Author: Walter Bradley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768770
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Gib’s Odyssey is the true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. On an astonishing six-month voyage, Gib and his boat, Ka-Ching, encounter everything from an incompetent sailboat captain who lets his tow-rope wrap around Ka-Ching’s propellers and when he dives into the water to cut it loose accidently stabs himself with his knife, to the Navy and Coast Guard Zodiacs rushing to stop him from entering a naval bombardment zone. Gib carries out epic searches for his two kittens when they go AWOL at an Atlantic City marina and when one later falls overboard. All the while, he is forced to cope with increasing levels of paralysis, steering the boat home with his feet and unable to speak. Authored by Gib’s neurologist, Gib’s Odyssey is told in Gib’s own voice through a series of e-mails and articles he wrote for the Key West Citizen. Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes hilarious story of one man’s conquest of death and his profound insights into life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768770
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Gib’s Odyssey is the true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. On an astonishing six-month voyage, Gib and his boat, Ka-Ching, encounter everything from an incompetent sailboat captain who lets his tow-rope wrap around Ka-Ching’s propellers and when he dives into the water to cut it loose accidently stabs himself with his knife, to the Navy and Coast Guard Zodiacs rushing to stop him from entering a naval bombardment zone. Gib carries out epic searches for his two kittens when they go AWOL at an Atlantic City marina and when one later falls overboard. All the while, he is forced to cope with increasing levels of paralysis, steering the boat home with his feet and unable to speak. Authored by Gib’s neurologist, Gib’s Odyssey is told in Gib’s own voice through a series of e-mails and articles he wrote for the Key West Citizen. Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes hilarious story of one man’s conquest of death and his profound insights into life.
The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472088546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Translated into dactylic hexameter, this edition of the Odyssey recaptures the oral-formulaic experience as never before
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472088546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Translated into dactylic hexameter, this edition of the Odyssey recaptures the oral-formulaic experience as never before
The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Odyssey; construed literally and word for word, by dr. Giles
Author: Homerus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : el
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : el
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Author: Alfred John Church
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A clear, easy-to-read version of Ulysees' wandering.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A clear, easy-to-read version of Ulysees' wandering.
The Odyssey of Homer, Books I-XII
Author: Homer
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Homer
Author: Homer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : el
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : el
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Odyssey, ed. with references [&c.] by H. Hayman
Author: Homerus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Homer's Odyssey: Books I-XII
Author: Homer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877208457
Category : Mythology, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
[This book] recounts the wanderings of Odysseus after the Trojay War and his final homecoming to Ithaca, where he found his wife Penelope still faithful to him. It is a fantastical adventure story with a comic tone and a happy ending.-The Reader's Adviser.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877208457
Category : Mythology, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
[This book] recounts the wanderings of Odysseus after the Trojay War and his final homecoming to Ithaca, where he found his wife Penelope still faithful to him. It is a fantastical adventure story with a comic tone and a happy ending.-The Reader's Adviser.