Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival
(Book)
Author
Published
[New York] : Ecco, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Port Angeles - Biography
BIO OLLESTAD OLLESTAD
1 available
BIO OLLESTAD OLLESTAD
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Biography | BIO OLLESTAD OLLESTAD | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography.
Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains.
Child surfers -- California -- Biography.
Competition (Psychology)
Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth.
Ollestad, Norman -- Family.
Ollestad, Norman, -- 1935-1979.
Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains.
Child surfers -- California -- Biography.
Competition (Psychology)
Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth.
Ollestad, Norman -- Family.
Ollestad, Norman, -- 1935-1979.
More Details
Published
[New York] : Ecco, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.2, 11 Points
Level 5.2, 11 Points
Notes
Description
Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him--and ultimately saved his life.