Paddlefish First edition by Christine J. Warren (2011) Hardcover - Hardcover

Christine J. Warren

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9780983385721: Paddlefish First edition by Christine J. Warren (2011) Hardcover
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ISBN 10: 0983385726 ISBN 13: 9780983385721
Publisher: Departure Publishing LLC, 2011

Synopsis

On a sweltering summer day in 2010, Christine Warren stepped into a 24-foot canoe and paddled toward a goal that she never previously imagined possible. The Texas Water Safari is a 260-mile paddle race from the Texas Hill Country to the Gulf Coast. Run continuously since 1963, the course follows the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers to the coastal fishing town of Seadrift. Paddlers must complete the race in 100 hours. While the exhausting pace and blistering heat are reason enough to bow out, it's the ancillary hurdles that often eliminate racers long before the finish line: dam portages, water moccasins, logjams, mosquitoes, dysentery, alligators, sleep deprivation, and equipment failures. Paddlefish is the first complete narrative ever published on The Texas Water Safari. With a mixture of humor, misery, history and triumph, Christine has written an engaging and entertaining memoir of her yearlong transformation from a mom, writer and fly fisher, to a viable competitor in The World's T

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About the Author

Christine grew up in Texas and Tennessee before attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating in 1993 with a degree in English, she worked for fourteen years in marketing and advertising. In 2007 she left corporate life to explore a growing passion for writing and fly fishing. When her fishing friends introduced her to the Texas Water Safari, she recognized it as a life-altering challenge that she couldn't resist. With her husband and daughter, she splits time between Austin, Texas and Mobile, Alabama. To follow her writing and speaking engagements on fish, rivers, and brazen leaps of faith, visit Christine s website at FlyFishChick.com.

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Publisher
Departure Publishing LLC
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0983385726
ISBN 13 
9780983385721
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
296
Rating
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