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Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ollestad, Norman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Ecco, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Ollestad, Norman > Childhood and youth.
Aircraft accident victims > California > Biography.
Aircraft accidents > California > San Bernardino Mountains.
Child surfers > California > Biography.
Downhill ski racing > United States > Biography.
Ollestad, Norman > Family.
Ollestad, Norman, > 1935-1979.
Fathers and sons > United States.
Fathers > Death.
Competition (Psychology)
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780061766725 (alk. paper)
0061766720 (alk. paper)