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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
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Center Street, 2013.
Descriptionix, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
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
ISBN9781455529339 (hardcover)
ISBN1455529338 (hardcover)
ISBN(ebook)

Available Items

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Joyner NC Stacks G540 .H825 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold