false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193776249m/1088116.jpg 1088116 8 Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, <i>The Brendan Voyage</i> seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.<br><br>With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming 161228 1978 The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints total:62|5:30|4:20|3:12|2:0|1:0| 62 266 105 17 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 18:35:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 18:48:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 26 11:56:12 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 07:53:21 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 11:56:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 10:06:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:10:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 10:38:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:46:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 19:14:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:15:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:08:37 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 17:00:31 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:14:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 00:15:13 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 10 17:47:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:31:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 17:47:42 -0700 2009 ...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 14:41:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:09:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 18:36:13 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 15:53:37 -0700 2008
tim severin does a great job translating the experience into both a travel narrative and scholastic argument. i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 13 14:01:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 11:21:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:00:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:13:48 -0700 2009
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