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Audrey Sutherland (1921–2015)

Auteur de Paddling My Own Canoe (Kolowalu Books)

4 oeuvres 93 utilisateurs 3 critiques

Œuvres de Audrey Sutherland

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Date de naissance
1921-02-11
Date de décès
2015-02-23
Lieu de sépulture
Hawaii
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lieu du décès
Hawaii
Lieux de résidence
Hawaii
Études
University of Hawaii, Manoa (MA|Education)
U.C.L.A. (BA|International relations)
Professions
Education counselor
Courte biographie
Worked as a riveter building airplanes during World War II.

Married, moved to Hawaii, had kids, divorced. Became a pioneering independent woman adventure solo traveler. Went by inflatable kayak in Hawaii, Alaska, Samoa, Norway, Greece, Scotland and Maine. Her moto was "Go simple, go solo, go now".

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Lovely travelogue. At present, the only other review about it is a little harsh: she does talk about what she eats on the trip, but doesn't spend a quarter of the book on it. I imagine that if you spend all day paddling an inflatable kayak, you probably think a lot about what you get to eat that night. Admittedly, she goes into great detail about the procedural aspects of a long endurance adventure: her route, the weather conditions, what she sees, where she camps, what she eats, how she slept, and so on. You will either appreciate this or not. It will either help you imagine being in that place yourself, or it won't. For me it worked really well. Well-told, pleasant, introspective, evocative.… (plus d'informations)
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adamhindman | 1 autre critique | Mar 6, 2024 |
A very so-so book. About 1/4 of the book deals w/ food....what she ate at ever stop, recipes, etc. Dull and uninteresting to most readers of the book I imagine. She also used a Sevylor kayak for the trip! Finished 3 October 2019.
 
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untraveller | 1 autre critique | Oct 8, 2019 |
A truly independent woman. Educated, alive with interest for the real world and foraging her own way to explore it.
 
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yhgail | Feb 20, 2019 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
4
Membres
93
Popularité
#200,859
Évaluation
½ 3.5
Critiques
3
ISBN
12

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