Never Fear: Reliving The Life Of Sir Francis Chichester
by Ian Strathcarron /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Born in 1901 into a troubled childhood in rural Devon, he suffered
through the sadism of the English public school system, then in
1918 left for New Zealand where he made his first fortune.There he
took up flying and in 1930 became one of the first aviators to fly
from London to Sydney. After being the first solo flyer across the
Tasmania Sea from New Zealand to Australia, he set off to circle
the world, only to crash, nearly fatally, in Japan. After serving
in the RAF on World War II, he took up sailing at the age of 54 and
in 12 years became the most famous yachtsman in the world. Along
the way there are struggles and triumphs, climaxing in being
knighted with Sir Francis Drake's sword in Greenwich. Ian
Strathcarron, himself an aviator, yachtsman and adventurer, follows
him all the way, comparing what Sir Francis found then to what he
finds now, meeting the descendants of the people who played
important parts in his life and getting under the skin of what made
the man, the man.
Born in 1901 into a troubled childhood in rural Devon, he suffered
through the sadism of the English public school system, then in
1918 left for New Zealand where he made his first fortune.There he
took up flying and in 1930 became one of the first aviators to fly
from London to Sydney. After being the first solo flyer across the
Tasmania Sea from New Zealand to Australia, he set off to circle
the world, only to crash, nearly fatally, in Japan. After serving
in the RAF on World War II, he took up sailing at the age of 54 and
in 12 years became the most famous yachtsman in the world. Along
the way there are struggles and triumphs, climaxing in being
knighted with Sir Francis Drake's sword in Greenwich. Ian
Strathcarron, himself an aviator, yachtsman and adventurer, follows
him all the way, comparing what Sir Francis found then to what he
finds now, meeting the descendants of the people who played
important parts in his life and getting under the skin of what made
the man, the man.