Title: What happened to the editor?
Review: I started to read this book (1st 50 pages) and became totally frustrated because the author doesn't know how to tell a story. He jumps from one idea to another never finishing the first. In the first few pages he tells us about sailors capsized waiting for rescue then leaves this story to discuss other things. He says a frenchman pioneered techniques for surviving storms at sea, but then doesn't tell us anything about these techniques. He talks about a bet between two English sailors that resulted in a solo race accross the Pacific but then tells us nothing about this inaugural race, skipping to how a frenchman won the 2nd version......and the discontinities continue, who knows where it's going next. I gave up which is very atypical for me. I usually dig in and finish. I'm fascinated by the subject, but the book needs some serious editing before it is worthy of publishing!
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