Across the savage sea: The first woman to row across the North Atlantic
Fontenoy, M. (2005). Across the savage sea: The first woman to row across the North Atlantic. Arcade Publishing: New York. ISBN 1-55970-762-3. 149 pp.
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VLIZ: Personal and Institutional Histories PER.162 [104815]
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Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east. Maud Fontenoy, a 2005 Time (Europe) Hero, changed that forever when she became the first woman to do so. In 2003 Fontenoy, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her twenty-four-foot-long boat, Pilot, to row across the North Atlantic. Her goal: to prove that a woman could do what men once believed to be impossible. It became a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire. |
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