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Point to point navigation

Hardcover • 2006 • English • 1. edition

Point to point navigation: a memoir

By Gore Vidal

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About the book

POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION refers to a form of navigation Gore Vidal resorted to as a first mate in the navy during World War II. As he says, 'As I was writing this account of my life and times since PALIMPSEST, I felt as if I were again dealing with those capes and rocks in the Bering Sea that we had to navigate so often with a compass made inoperable by weather.' It is a beautifully apt analogy for the hazards (mostly) eluded during his eventful life. From his desks in Ravello and the Hollywo...Show more

Society and Social Sciences

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ISBN

9780316027274

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Point to point navigation

Format

Hardcover

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