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ONCE A FOOL--From Tokyo to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep eBook
by Boye Lafayette De Mente
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ONCE A FOOL--From Tokyo to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep Summary
| In 1957 Japan-based journalist Boye Lafayette De Mente joined Australian adventurer on an amphibious jeep named "Half-Safe" on an ocean-crossing journey from Tokyo to Anchorage, Alaska that took precisely four months, and resulted in their incredible experience being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Gas for the jeep was carried in a large torpedo-shaped tank behind the jeep.) Enroute, the two encounted Russians, fish nets, a wall of water, the gas tank, sea lions, whales, each other, and were lost for three weeks. The aftermath of the trip continued for some 40 years. This is De Mente's intimate account of the journey. |
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