The Resource Barbarian days : a surfing life, William Finnegan
Barbarian days : a surfing life, William Finnegan
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- Summary
- Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life. William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa, Peru and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 499 pages
- Note
- First published: 2015
- Isbn
- 9781472151414
- Label
- Barbarian days : a surfing life
- Title
- Barbarian days
- Title remainder
- a surfing life
- Statement of responsibility
- William Finnegan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life. William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa, Peru and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment
- Summary
- Surfers ahoy! If you can't get enough surfing memoirs or detailed examinations of surfing's subcultures or history, you won't want to miss this richly detailed story of William Finnegan's experiences as a lifelong surfer. Whether you're reading this on the beach or the couch, surfers will recognize Finnegan's search for the perfect wave in some of the most beautiful places on Earth. -- Description by Shauna Griffin
- Award
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- New York Times Notable Book, 2015
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2016.
- Awards note
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography 2016.
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- 10360281
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- BT
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- Finnegan, William
- Dewey number
- 797.32
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Finnegan, William
- Surfers
- Target audience
- adult
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- a surfing life
- Label
- Barbarian days : a surfing life, William Finnegan
- Note
- First published: 2015
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- Content type code
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- sti
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057437908
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 499 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472151414
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Label
- Barbarian days : a surfing life, William Finnegan
- Note
- First published: 2015
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057437908
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 499 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472151414
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
Subject
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- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueFinnegan, William
- trueLife stories -- Sports | Athletes
- trueObsession
- trueSports and Competition -- General
- trueSurfers
- trueSurfers -- United States -- Biography
- trueSurfing
- trueVoyages and travels
Genre
- trueAdventure writing
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueLife stories
- trueSports and Competition
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