From the Back Cover:
"An enchanted journey across an interior sea."
--Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael
"A thoughtful, expansive, provocative book."
--Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean
"As a sailor and a theologian, I was carried along by the currents of this unusual book."
--Harvey Cox, author of Fire from Heaven
"There's nothing like open sea to send the mind off on meditative musings...Arms treats the sea as a cathedral, a place that inspires reverence for the natural world, a place in which it is appropriate to let the mind and soul chase after the big questions...Brief as these essays are, they are pungent and, at their best, as refreshing as a blast of sea spray."
--Publishers Weekly
"He keeps [a] musing quality alive in these pieces, as he struggles to convey the spirit that moves him: the edges are raw and unfiltered, as if he might be bouncing a notion or two off you while sitting around the galley table, with just enough buffing to add focus...artful."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Taken individually, the travel notes that follow recount many separate voyages. Taken together, they describe a single voyage--the same one that millions of us make as we seek to learn how this planet works and what our place in it should be."
--From the Preface
About the Author:
Myron Arms is a teacher, writer, and professional sailor who contributes regularly to Cruising World, Sail, and many other sailing and adventure magazines. Educated at both Yale and the Harvard Divinity School, he taught high school English for seven years before founding a sailing program for teenagers. As a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed ocean master since 1977, he has voyaged more than 100,000 sea miles and has led seven sail-training expeditions to northern Canada, Greenland, and the Arctic. He lives with his wife, Kay, on a farm overlooking the Sassafras River on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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