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Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival / Norman Ollestad.

Ollestad, Norman. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061766720
  • ISBN: 9780061766725
  • ISBN: 1554684854
  • Physical Description: 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Ecco, [2009]

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 11 137743.
Subject:
Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979.
Ollestad, Norman > Childhood and youth.
Ollestad, Norman > Family.
Aircraft accident victims > California > Biography.
Aircraft accidents > California > San Bernardino Mountains.
Child surfers > California > Biography.
Competition (Psychology)
Downhill ski racing > United States > Biography.
Fathers and sons > United States.
Fathers > Death.
Fathers.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 26 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library BIO OLLESTAD (Text) 36015000710489 Adult Biography Available -