American Pearl
Subtitle: the true story of the first woman to row alone across the Atlantic
By: by Tori Murden McClure.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780061718861
Subjects: McClure, Tori Murden.; Rowing -- Atlantic Ocean.; Women rowers -- United States -- Biography.; Rowers -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a 23-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. She lost communications, but nevertheless decided to keep going, without updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and the weather--in what became the North Atlantic's worst hurricane season. When a series of violent storms nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace. Back in Kentucky, however, Tori's life began to change. At the age of 35, she embarked on a serious relationship for the first time, making her feel even more vulnerable than sitting alone in the middle of the Atlantic. But she knew she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic Ocean...--From publisher description.