Author : Nancy Taylor Robson
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ISBN 13 : 9781939632005
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Book Synopsis Woman in the Wheelhouse by : Nancy Taylor Robson
Download or read book Woman in the Wheelhouse written by Nancy Taylor Robson and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Taylor Robson is one of the first women in the country to earn a US Coast Guard license. She grew up sailing and building boats with her father and worked as a housepainter, desk clerk and yacht maintenance person while in college. After earning a degree in history, she married and went to work alongside her husband as cook/deckhand on an old 85-foot tugboat. The fear of being maimed or lost overboard, the male opposition, and the drudgery during seagoing tours that ranged from Maine to Florida, Bermuda, New Orleans and Mexico was coupled with romantic sunsets, a ringside seat on nature and an appreciation for hard won accomplishment. Robson, one of a handful of women who paved the way for every intrepid woman who has followed, brings that world alive. Author of numerous articles and essays, Nancy Taylor Robson is also the author of two novels: Course of the Waterman and A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story.