Up the Creek by Tony James
Up the Creek charts Tony James' unintentional voyage from his home in landlocked Derbyshire, to a marina in Somerset via the Caribbean, the Persian gulf and the bottom of a swimming pool in Ottery St. Mary. On the way, Tony gathers a motley crew of unforgettable eccentrics and maritime misfits, brought to hilarious life by his acute observations of the ridiculous and by his wry acceptance that whatever happens at sea, things can only get worse. The funniest and most original sailing book for years.
.a pleasant romp, one well worth the time to the very last page. * Sailing *
Laugh-out-loud funny… unlike any other sailing memoir… destined to become a classic. * Traditional Boats and Ships *
Waves of humor in a sea of sailing experience * Royal Yachting Association *
Ever know a full-time undertaker and sometime sailor foolish enough to take a life raft inside a phone booth, then accidentally trip over the ripcord? Well, British author Tony James does, and he describes the incident succinctly and with comic flare in his entertaining and well-written memoir Up the Creek: A Lifetime Spent Trying to be a Sailor. * Sail Magazine *
Laugh-out-loud funny… unlike any other sailing memoir… destined to become a classic. * Traditional Boats and Ships *
Waves of humor in a sea of sailing experience * Royal Yachting Association *
Ever know a full-time undertaker and sometime sailor foolish enough to take a life raft inside a phone booth, then accidentally trip over the ripcord? Well, British author Tony James does, and he describes the incident succinctly and with comic flare in his entertaining and well-written memoir Up the Creek: A Lifetime Spent Trying to be a Sailor. * Sail Magazine *
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Economics and Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research, director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, and director of the New School's Retirement Equity Lab. She is the author of When I'm Sixty-Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them (2008) and How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is (2015). Tony James is executive vice chairman of the Blackstone Group and a member of Blackstone's board of directors. He previously served as Blackstone's president and chief operating officer.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781574092226 |
| ISBN 10 | 1574092227 |
| Title | Up the Creek |
| Author | Tony James |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2006-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 284 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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