About this title: In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his long-time surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memoir of his quest from Mexico to Costa Rica to unravel the circumstances of Patrick's disappearance, ...
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Description: Good. 1585421774 ** Ex-Library book with related stickers and stampings. Heavy wear on corners and edges. Top of cover has a small tear. Clean text and good binding. No pri or ity or international shipping offered. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: J P Tarcher
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9781585421770ISBN:1585421774
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tarcher
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585421770ISBN:1585421774
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: J P Tarcher, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585421770ISBN:1585421774
Description: Very Good Minus. No Dust Jacket. 9. Trade paper. Some edgewear A few creases on front cover. (Water Sports-black/white & orangeish letters) "In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his long-time surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memoir of his quest from Mexico to Costa Rica to unravel the circumstances of Patrick's disappearance, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tarcher/Putnam
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585421770ISBN:1585421774
Description: Very Good. 1585421774. Very good paperback has slight curl to upper corner and warble to rear corner. Unmarked. Great reading copy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: JEREMY TARCHER PUBL
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781585421770ISBN:1585421774
Description: New. In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his long-time surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memo... read more
Description: Good. 1585421774 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Heart of Darkness with a twist of Endless Summer. It's not quite your typical travel book, nor the typical surf diatribe. It did hold my attention and I kept on wanting to pick it up and keep reading. It's a story of friendship, surfing, travel, and a mid-life coming of age portrait of a miami vice bad-guy (or good guy) on a quest. Well worth the time of reading."
"This is what I tried to read when Twilight turned out to be horrible and this ended up being pretty bad too. It is the non-fiction account of the author's journey from New York to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica in his truck (he's looking for a friend he hasn't heard from in a while). The problem is that he surfs along the way and can't stop saying how great he is. So there are endless and mind numbing descriptions of waves and how incredibly great and important surfing is. But once he gets out of Mexico it picks up and gets a little better. I mostly wanted to read it to see what he wrote about Costa Rica. Also, this book has the same problem a lot of travel books in Latin America have, which is they take a journey that countless college backpackers take and exaggerate it to the point where it is a life and death struggle in the jungle where no white man has ever been before. Or the authors will just say stuff that isn't true about where they are and the editor never bothered to fact check. Also, he really hates on Honduras in the book (for the page and a half that he devotes to it)."
"Weisbecker, a hardcore surfer and former pot-smuggler turned writer, ventures from Montauk, NY to the End Of The Road in Puerta Viejo, Central America in search of his best friend who disappeared somewhere in the jungles of the south two years prior. His journey is made in a pick-up with a camper and with only his dog, Shiner, for companionship. What he finds may be more than he bargained for..."
"If you are at all into surf culture, or lived through it in So Cal, then you'll want to read this quest. In search of his friend Captain Zero, Allan Weisbecker packs up his dog and drives from the East Coast to Central America. Lots of local color, surfing history, and introspection happen along the way."
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