Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson

Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic

Sam Jefferson

288 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
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The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception...

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