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ONCE A FOOL! - From Japan to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep!

by Boye De Mente on Sep 15, 2009

ONCE A FOOL—From Japan to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep, by Boyé Lafayette De Mente. Phoenix Books/Publishers. ISBN: 0-914778-04-8.   Trade paperback. 6x9 format. 168 pages. $12.95. Distributors to the trade: Ingram Book Company; Baker & Taylor. Available to consumers from Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc.   An Incredible Real-Life Adventure!   This is the story of the author’s experience aboard the globe-circling amphibious jeep dubbed “Half-Safe” by Australian adventurer Ben Carlin, its owner and “captain”—who turned out to be a modern-day Captain Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame.    During the 4-month long journey from Tokyo to Anchorage, Alaska the two adventurers encountered Russians, Japanese fishing nets, sea lions, technical problems, the frigid waters of the North Pacific and Bering Sea—and each other!      The crossing made news worldwide, and The...Read More >>