Reader's Digest' Condensed Books: Excellency / Chase the Wind / The Badgers of Summercombe / Overboard

by Hank Searls

'READER'S DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS - EXCELLENCY, CHASE THE WIND, THE BADGERS OF SUMMERCOMBE, OVERBOARD' (View amazon detail page)

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1977

About the author

Born Henry Hunt Searls Jr. novelist and screenwriter Hank Searls, author of the best-selling Overboard, Jaws II (based on the movie), and Sounding, is creator of the New Breed TV series and writer for the 1960's classic television series The Fugitive . His novel Pilgrim Project became Robert Altman's film Countdown. He has lived most of his life on, under, or over the ocean, having been a world-cruising yachtsman, underwater photographer, and Navy flier.

Reviews

[Sarah Rigg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I noted in my journal from 1985 that I'd read the condensed version of "Excellency". A few of the pages on GoodReads suggest a much later publish date for this novel, but it looks like the original full novel was published in 1977 or 1978.