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True spirit : the Aussie girl who took on the world / Jessica Watson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Get reading! 2011Copyright date: © 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 367 pages, [24] pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780733624971 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Aussie girl who took on the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 910.41 22
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: part One The Starting Point -- part Two The Voyage -- Stage One Sydney and North to the Line Islands -- Stage Two South to Chile and Cape Horn -- Stage Three North after Cape Horn -- Stage Four The South Atlantic to the African Continent -- Stage Five Rounding South Africa -- Stage Six Southern Ocean to Home -- part Three Home -- A guide to Ella's Pink Lady -- Internal guide.
Awards:
  • Australian Book Industry Awards 2011; general nonfiction.
Summary: There is something different about adventurers; about the way their minds work. They look at the world as a place of challenges and though they know what fear is, they refuse to be hindered by it. AROUND THE WORLD is Jessica's story and in it she will detail her preparation, her journey and her battle with sleep deprivation, gale-force winds, mountainous seas, natural hazards like whales and icebergs and holding firm against the solitude that most of us can only imagine dealing with alone on a vast sea with no land to be seen and no help close at hand. The name Jessica Watson will soon be part of sailing history. She will join Jesse Martin and Kay Cottee as someone all Australians can be inspired be.Summary: 'The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.' - Sarah Ban Breathnach.There is something different about adventurers; about the way their minds work. Jessica Watson is an adventurer. The story of a solo, non-stop and unassisted global circumnavigation in her yacht named Pink Lady.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 910.41 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90718

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: part One The Starting Point -- part Two The Voyage -- Stage One Sydney and North to the Line Islands -- Stage Two South to Chile and Cape Horn -- Stage Three North after Cape Horn -- Stage Four The South Atlantic to the African Continent -- Stage Five Rounding South Africa -- Stage Six Southern Ocean to Home -- part Three Home -- A guide to Ella's Pink Lady -- Internal guide.

There is something different about adventurers; about the way their minds work. They look at the world as a place of challenges and though they know what fear is, they refuse to be hindered by it. AROUND THE WORLD is Jessica's story and in it she will detail her preparation, her journey and her battle with sleep deprivation, gale-force winds, mountainous seas, natural hazards like whales and icebergs and holding firm against the solitude that most of us can only imagine dealing with alone on a vast sea with no land to be seen and no help close at hand. The name Jessica Watson will soon be part of sailing history. She will join Jesse Martin and Kay Cottee as someone all Australians can be inspired be.

'The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.' - Sarah Ban Breathnach.There is something different about adventurers; about the way their minds work. Jessica Watson is an adventurer. The story of a solo, non-stop and unassisted global circumnavigation in her yacht named Pink Lady.

Australian Book Industry Awards 2011; general nonfiction.

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