Caught Inside: a Surfer's Year on the California Coast by Daniel Duane

Caught Inside: a Surfer's Year on the California Coast by Daniel Duane

A wondrous, uproarious, and surprisingly informative account of a year spend surfing, Caught Inside marks the arrival of an exuberant new voice of the outdoors. This remarkable narrative of Daniel Duane's life on the water is enhanced by good-humored explanations of the physics of wave dynamics, the intricate art of surfboard design, and lyrical, sharp-eyed descriptions of the flora and fauna of the Pacific wilderness. From Captain Cook and Mark Twain to Robinson Jeffers and Jack London, from portraits of famous (and infamous) surfers to an analysis of Gidget's perverse significance, Duane expertly uncovers the myths and symbols bound up in one of our most vibrant and recognizably American subjects.

Duane, Daniel: - Daniel Duane grew up in Berkeley, California. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he quickly returned to the West Coast to climb, surf, and generally live life. Duane climbed actively in the Yosemite Valley from 1987 to 1992, got a Ph.D. in American Literature at UC-Santa Cruz, and currently lives in San Francisco with his two daughters and his wife, the writer Elizabeth Weil.

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ISBN 13	9780865474949
ISBN 10	086547494X
Title	Caught Inside: a Surfer's Year on the California Coast
Author	Daniel Duane
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	North Point Press
Year published	1996-06-18
Number of pages	218
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