First You Have to Row a Little Boat

Reflections on Life & Living

Contributors

By Richard Bode

Formats and Prices

On Sale
May 21, 1993
Page Count
224 pages
ISBN-13
9780446516815

Price

$25.00

Price

$32.00 CAD

In the bestselling tradition of Harold Kushner and Robert Fulghum, this inspiring little volume uses sailing as a metaphor for embarking upon the journey of life. Sailors and non-sailors alike will be enchanted by this simple yet compelling book which sheds a magical new light on the age-old search for self.

Richard Bode

About the Author

Richard Bode worked at McGraw Hill and was editorial director and chief speechwriter at Burston-Marsteller. As a freelance writer, he contributed to Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping, Sail, Sports Illustrated. He is also the author of Blue Sloop at Dawn (1979), which was excerpted in Sports Illustrated, Newsday Sunday Magazine, and Sail, and wrote the award-winning essay “To Climb the Wind.” He died in 2003 of liver cancer.

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