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The Queen of Whale Cay : The Eccentric Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water
The Queen of Whale Cay The Eccentric Story of 'Joe' Carstairs Fastest Woman on Water
Author: Kate Summerscale
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and a London Times bestseller, The Queen of Whale Cay is a marvelous portrait of one of the twentieth century's great eccentrics. — When Marion "Joe" Carstairs died in 1993 at the age of ninety-three, she was largely forgotten. During the 1920s she held the world record as the fastest female spee...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140276138
ISBN-10: 0140276130
Publication Date: 6/1/1999
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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Ms. Summerscale has done an awful lot of research on a somewhat obscure subject, to put together a fascinating potrait of such an eccentric character. I confess I skimmed through the boat racing details, though they are an important part of the story.
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