Second Wind : A Sunfish Sailor's Odyssey
Nathaniel Philbrick, a leading authority on the history of Nantucket, is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. His other books include Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and its people, 1602-1890, and Abram's Eyes: the Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island. A champion sailboat racer, he lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts.