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In Search of Islands: A Life of Conor O'Brien
In Search of Islands A Life of Conor O'Brien Author:Judith Hill This biography of Conor O'Brien, using his own drawings, writings, and letters, records the eventful life of a sailor and mountaineer, fiction and travel writer, designer of boats and buildings, Irish nationalist and defender of Britain. He made history by sailing around the world in a small yacht in 1925, climbed mountains with Mallory and Youn... more »g, joined the Irish Volunteers and shipped guns with Erskine Childers, and wrote a best selling book.« less