Rowing Against the Wind - Softcover

Madsen, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555717500 ISBN 13: 9781555717506

Publisher: Hellgate Press, 2014

Synopsis

In September of 1993, at the age of 33, Angela Madsen underwent back surgery for an injury she sustained while on duty in the military. Her goal was to be walking and surfing within one year but the surgery went wrong, leaving her a diagnosed paraplegic. She lost her job, her home and wound up living on the streets of Orange County, California, just steps away from Disneyland.

About this title

From the Author:

In September of 1993, at the age of 33, Angela Madsen was left a parpaplegic after a botched surgery to repair an injury sustained while serving in the Marine Corps. Today, she is a champion Paralympian athlete who holds six Guiness World Records for rowing oceans and is the only person to have rowed three ocean crossings and completed the circumnavigation of Great Britain in a row boat. She lives with her wife, Debra Moeller, in Long Beach, California and Bakersfield, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hellgate Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1555717500
• ISBN 13: 9781555717506
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200