Taking on the World
by Ellen MacArthur
ISBN-10
0141006978
ISBN-13
9780141006970
List Price
$16.17
Book Specs
Binding
Trade PaperPublisher
Penguin Books Canada, LimitedPublished on
Jun 26, 2003Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.08x1.06x7.80 Inches
Weight
2.31 Pounds
About the Book
In February 2001 twenty-four year old Ellen MacArthur completed the Vendee Globe, the world's toughest race. As the youngest Briton to circumnavigate the globe single handed and as the fastest woman to ever have done so, her achievement was remarkable. But how had a young woman from a small village in Derbyshire come to find a new home among the waves?
In Taking on the World, Ellen tells her story, from saving up to buy her first boat through sailing around Britain as a teenager to racing the Vendee Globe itself. Enthralling and inspiring in equal measure, it shows courage, passion and determination can overcome all obstacles - and how one young woman made her dreams come true.