Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival
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Author
Published
[New York] : Ecco, [2009].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
979.4053 Oll
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979.4053 Oll
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Published
[New York] : Ecco, [2009].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.2, 11 Points
Level 5.2, 11 Points
Notes
Description
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.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,11,137743.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography.
Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains.
Biographies.
Child surfers -- California -- Biography.
Competition (Psychology)
Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth.
Ollestad, Norman -- Family.
Ollestad, Norman, -- 1935-1979.
Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains.
Biographies.
Child surfers -- California -- Biography.
Competition (Psychology)
Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth.
Ollestad, Norman -- Family.
Ollestad, Norman, -- 1935-1979.