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The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea
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by A. J. Mackinnon
Sales Rank: 332521
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List Price: $19.95
$14.96
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
Published by: Sheridan House May 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1574091522
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1574091526
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
From Library Journal
More nutty stunts come from the British Isles than from anywhere else on earth, and the escapade Australian-born Mackinnon recounts here is as addled as anyone's. One day, he stepped into a dinghy, intending to sail a few hundred miles down the Severn River, stopping at pubs and having a lark for a few days. He named his little craft Jack de Crow in honor of his childhood dream of owning a tame crow (not a cuckoo?). To make a short story even shorter, he passed up most of the pubs in England, almost got gored by a bull, sank Jack in a drunken stupor, patched the little boat back up, battled pirates, and landed in Romania. Loaded with self-deprecating humor and one giddy adventure after another, this fun account of Mackinnon's voyage is definitely for armchair travelers. as it is highly unlikely that anyone would be wacky enough to use this book as a guide to try a similar stunt. Highly recommended for all public libraries.
Joseph L. Carlson, Allan Hancock Coll., CA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Times Literary Supplement
"a wonderful idea for a book--a series of ever bolder improvisationsundertaken in praise of the spirit of adventure."
Reader Reviews
"Sandy" Mackinnon tells a tale of nautical adventure with a style that reads like a delightful mix of Jerome K. Jerome, Jean Shephard, and Monty Python. This books is so very English, though Mackinnon is Australian- it is told with love, warmth, wisdom, humanity, and with prose as crisp as Beaujolais and warm as old port. This is a very FUNNY book, but also life affirming without being pretentious. Once you start this book you will want to keep rowing through the pages as the author travels along the great rivers of Europe from Wales to Romania. This book is definitely a new classic, and ranks up there with The Saga of Cimba and Alone in the Caribbean as one of the three most evocative nautical travelogues ever written. A genuine treasure- and pleasure.
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