{"product_id":"the-brendan-voyage-sailing-to-america-in-a-leather-boat-to-prove-the-legend-of-the-irish-sailor-saints-modern-library-exploration-0375755241","title":"The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints (Modern Library Exploration)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0375755241\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Severin, Tim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.With a new Introduction by Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51536490135840,"sku":"NEW0375755241","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/8193mYN0q-L.jpg?v=1777418331","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-brendan-voyage-sailing-to-america-in-a-leather-boat-to-prove-the-legend-of-the-irish-sailor-saints-modern-library-exploration-0375755241","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}