The Resource Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
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The item Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him--and ultimately saved his life
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780061766725
- Label
- Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival
- Title
- Crazy for the storm
- Title remainder
- a memoir of survival
- Statement of responsibility
- Norman Ollestad
- Subject
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- Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979
- trueSkiing
- trueSurfers -- California -- Biography
- trueSurvival
- Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography
- Aircraft accidents -- California | San Bernardino Mountains
- trueAirplane accident survivors
- trueAirplane accident victims
- trueAirplane accidents -- California
- Child surfers -- California -- Biography
- trueCompetition
- Competition (Psychology)
- Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography
- trueFathers -- Death
- trueFathers and sons -- United States
- Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth
- Ollestad, Norman -- Family
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him--and ultimately saved his life
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 319049
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ollestad, Norman
- Dewey number
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- 979.4/0530922
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- UG
- LC call number
- CT275.O475
- LC item number
- A3 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Reading level
- 5.2
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ollestad, Norman
- Ollestad, Norman
- Ollestad, Norman
- Aircraft accident victims
- Aircraft accidents
- Child surfers
- Downhill ski racing
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers
- Competition (Psychology)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a memoir of survival
- Label
- Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 737105
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780061766725
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008053675
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780061766725
- (OCoLC)262884179
- Label
- Crazy for the storm : a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 737105
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780061766725
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008053675
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780061766725
- (OCoLC)262884179
Subject
- Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979
- trueSkiing
- trueSurfers -- California -- Biography
- trueSurvival
- Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography
- Aircraft accidents -- California | San Bernardino Mountains
- trueAirplane accident survivors
- trueAirplane accident victims
- trueAirplane accidents -- California
- Child surfers -- California -- Biography
- trueCompetition
- Competition (Psychology)
- Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography
- trueFathers -- Death
- trueFathers and sons -- United States
- Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth
- Ollestad, Norman -- Family
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