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Cheating Death - An Extreme Memoir
Richard Monro
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ASIN: B006OCBRLO
Date: 2011-12-19
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Kindle Edition
ASIN: B006OCBRLO
Date: 2011-12-19
Kindle Price:
Availability: Auto-delivered wirelessly
Editorial Reviews
A captivating memoir takes the reader from aching sadness to surprising humor, building fearful anticipation that erupts in tears and laughter.What do an explosion in a federal building, the almost sinking of an ocean steamer near the tip of South Africa, a blown up bathtub, and electrocution by 300,000 watts of power have in common? All are experiences in the life of one man.
Journey with me from my happy youth on Long Island Sound to my early entrepreneurial years as a teenager. Look in on my first company that employed five men for dangerous underwater salvage, all by the age of sixteen. Find out how someone survives driving through a stone wall and over a twenty-five foot cliff. Experience the secret side of cadet life at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Follow life-and-death tragedies on the high seas. Laugh at the antics of two young boys known as the dangerous duo, and the laughable interaction of two grown brothers with a besieged Scottish building superintendent.
Enjoy exploration and misadventures in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Tahiti, and Australia. Learn how classmates banded together to take control of a cargo vessel on the high seas. Jump ship with me in Tahiti. Learn about inventions that changed an industry. Cherish the tender love of a soul mate and the terrifying moments when, after weeks in the hospital and with doctors still unable to stabilize her fading life, she wakes me in the middle of the night and in a weak whisper says, "Honey, will you hold me? I feel I am going to die."
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