He led the life of a sea-gypsy, wandering the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic, and the Caribbean, learning the ways of boats and the sea and surviving two catastrophic shipwrecks. Tamata tells how the 25-year-old Moitessier left Vietnam to answer the call of the sea. Imprisoned during the Japanese occupation, he was later drafted to fight the Viet Minh in a French war that foreshadowed America's own Vietnam involvement two decades later.
Born in the French Indochina in 1925, Bernard Moitessier grew up astride two cultures-French and Vietnamese-in a turbulent era that moved dramatically from peace to war. Imprisoned duri This fascinating memoir spans the time from Moitessier's magical childhood in Vietnam to months before his death, is a beautifully written saga of physical adventure and spiritual growth.
This fascinating memoir spans the time from Moitessier's magical childhood in Vietnam to months before his death, is a beautifully written saga of physical adventure and spiritual growth.
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