Once upon a Gypsy Moon : an improbable voyage and one man's yearning for redemption / Michael Hurley.
Author/creator |
Hurley, Michael, 1958- |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | First edition. |
Publication Info | New York : Center Street, 2013. |
Description | ix, 262 pages ; 22 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | To sail -- A voyage begins -- Weather signs -- A voyage lost -- Preparations for sea -- A time to go -- Whistling in the graveyard -- Landfall Beaufort -- A homecoming -- An unlikely adventurer -- What Dean Martin knew -- A moment of indecision -- A wanderer's vigil -- A voice in the darkness -- Thanksgiving -- A cold rain -- A simple vessel -- A following sea -- A yearning -- Africa beckons -- A harbor homecoming -- The siren's song -- The promised land -- The pearl of great price -- The secret -- The story -- Gathering stones -- Casting away -- The passage -- On right marriage -- A mystery unfolds -- An immodest proposal -- A boy's will -- A moment of truth -- A plan in earnest -- To sea at last -- The crossing -- Atlantis rising -- Landfall Nassau -- Coming ashore -- Sailors and lunatics -- A pilgrim's tale -- Golden calves -- What the nomad knows -- Journey of the Magi -- The stranger -- Maiden voyage -- The perfect mahi-mahi -- The voyage to come -- The loss of the Gypsy Moon. |
Scope and content | "Michael Hurley, an experienced attorney and former professional sailor, returns to the sea to give us a thought-provoking memoir of a man's yearning for redemption and renewal in the wake of infidelity, divorce, and failure"--Provided by the publisher. |
LCCN | 2012041841 |
ISBN | 9781455529339 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 1455529338 (hardcover) |
ISBN | (ebook) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | NC Stacks | G540 .H825 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |