The Boy Who Fell to Shore: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald
Language: English
Published by Latah Books, 2022
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- Title
- The Boy Who Fell to Shore: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald
- Author
- Doane, Charles J.
- Publisher
- Latah Books
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1957607068
- ISBN 13
- 9781957607061
- Item weight
- 0.825 pounds
THE BOY WHO FELL TO SHORE is an insider's account of the Tangvald legend. Charles J. Doane--an accomplished bluewater sailor and longtime sailing journalist--tracks Thomas and his father Peter (a renowned but controversial sailor and author) across thousands of ocean miles through intimate interviews, personal correspondence, documentary research, and first-hand experience of the tropical anchorages and passage routes they frequented. This biography is by turns inspiring, terrifying, beautiful, and infuriating as Doane deftly explores the great cost of living freely at the whim of wind and water.
Praise for The Boy Who Fell to Shore:
"His seafaring birth, life, and death was so unorthodox, Thomas Tangvald might as well have been a different species. Talented and tormented, he struggled to find love and fulfillment in a world with which he was wholly out of step. Doane has written an engrossing account of this remarkable and ultimately doomed young man, and in the process has given us a sprawling portrait of a remarkable community of bluewater sailors, a tribe of humans who prefer ocean to land." --Mark Bowden, bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War and other titles
"A very thought-provoking read. Thomas was so at home on the sea that shipwrecked his youth, literally and figuratively, that his life on shore became a train wreck, in spite of all his good qualities. His old-school sailing parentage and pedigree was cool, but not cool enough to make Thomas whole, or his story any less heart-breaking." --Tania Aebi, author of the bestselling memoir Maiden Voyage
"In The Boy Who Fell to Shore Charles Doane dissects the freedom one finds at sea and in any life close to nature, a powerful siren call even to those who will never venture there. In an era when the term “Freedom” is bandied about by many who’ve never known it and have no idea of its real meaning and implications, this book asks serious questions. What are freedom’s costs and compromises? How does personal freedom without equal responsibility bear upon and limit the lives of others? Does it ultimately devolve into anarchy and disaster? Just how do each of us, sailor or dirt-dweller, strike a balance between a life with too many rules and none at all--between the benefits of civilization and a life devoid of them?" --Steve Callahan, bestselling author of Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
"A fascinating chronicle of the life and voyages of a damaged yet brilliant iconoclast, and a gripping exploration of the dark tensions between minimalism and seamanship, between individualism and egocentricity, and between a storied, demanding father and an ambitious, orphaned son." --Tim Zimmerman, contributing editor at Outside Magazine, associate producer and co-writer of the documentary film Blackfish, author of The Race
"The tragic life of Thomas Tangvald is like none other. Doane has teased out the tale with skill and tact. He recounts it for us in the raw in this well-researched book." --Tom Cunliffe, BBC broadcaster, yachting journalist and author of In the Wake of Heroes
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