Hard on the Wind: The True Story of a Boy Who Went to Sea and Came Back a Man

by Russ Hofvenfahl and Russ Hofvendahl

Russ Hofvendahl story a boy goes to sea San Francisco 4-masted schooner, William H. Smith This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911378820
• ISBN13: 9780911378825
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great story worth reading

This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. For a 15 year old kid he has amazing view points on life, hard work and people. It is easy to read and worth buying.

A courageous young man's life on the Bering Sea in 1937.

In a Melville-like tale, the true account of a young man emerging from bare-chested innocence to the beginnings of a powerful adventurer, this story of 1937 life on a four-masted schooner on the northwest coast of Alaska is an exceptionally worthwhile read. Like an old friend recounting a fascinating experience, Mr. Hofvendahl writes a compelling story of the power of nature and of the iron men who survived on the last of the heavy ships of sail.