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Into My Father's Wake

by Eric Best · 2010

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Into My Father's Wake records a solo, 5,000-mile Pacific journey aboard the 47-foot ketch Feo, in which the author attempts to put his powerful father to rest once and for all...

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journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
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Pacific OceanPacific OceanMore like thisLess of this
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