A Quote by James N. Frey

For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.

James N. Frey

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Across Atlantic Bathtub Harder North Novel Row Some Than Write

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James N. Frey
American - Writer
Born: March 15, 1943

On June 14, 1998, I pushed off under quiet gray skies from Nags Head, N.C, in the American Pearl, a 23 foot long boat made of plywood and fiberglass. I planned to row 3,637 miles across the North Atlantic to France. I was alone. There were no chase vessels. No one planned to drop food or equipment to me along the way. The physical goal was easy to explain: I was attempting to do something no American and no woman had ever done - to row solo across an ocean.

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Graydon Carter

Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.

Federica Mogherini

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Colm Toibin

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Rose George

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Hugh Grant

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Terry Pratchett

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