Ghost Sea
by Mate, Ferenc
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine, As New/Fine, As New
- ISBN 10
- 092025649X
- ISBN 13
- 9780920256497
- Seller
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Kissimmee, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Ghost Sea by Ferenc Mate, Signed, First Edition
Albatross Books at W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line)signed by the author on the title page. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new, mylar-covered dust jacket.
Ghost Sea is a spellbinding tale of the sea, love, murder, and mysticism. At the turn of the century, a Kwakiutl warrior from British Columbia's wild northern islands raids an artifact collector's yacht to reclaim stolen sacred masks. He takes the collector's wife, Kate, as hostage on his 200-mile canoe voyage home. The collector hires Dugger, a coastal trader living on the edges of the law, to give chase in his ketch with the collector as passenger, but Dugger's financial salvation comes at a terrible price, for he is Kate's secret lover. Day and night Dugger sails the uncharted islands, through raging currents and ship-swallowing whirlpools, and the account of his pursuit is interwoven with Kate's harrowing and erotically charged journey.
Based on a true story, this novel reaches its thrilling climax at the last secret, hallucinatory potlatch of the ancient Kwakiutl culture, where the history of a doomed people is melded with the fury of three hearts.
"This is not only a gripping story but also one of the most dramatic and detailed sailing adventures of all time."
– Walter Cronkite
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert J. Martin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000106
- Title
- Ghost Sea
- Author
- Mate, Ferenc
- Book Condition
- New Fine, As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine, As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 092025649X
- ISBN 13
- 9780920256497
- Publisher
- Albatross Books at W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Sailing Adventure, Nautical Adventure, Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Dugger, Nello
Terms of Sale
Robert J. Martin
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