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The extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald.
Born at sea aboard his father’s hand-built sailboat and raised barefoot on her wooden decks, Thomas Thor Tangvald’s oceanic childhood was full of beauty and wonder – but was also scarred by horrific tragedies that left him an orphan.
Cast ashore into regular contact with human society for the first time at age 15, this intellectually gifted and uniquely educated young man at first reveled in his new environment but ultimately was led by his trauma into spirals of addiction and broken relationships.
Thomas hasn’t been seen since he sailed away from French Guiana in 2014, and some believe he must still be alive.
This biography is by turns inspiring, terrifying, beautiful and infuriating as Doane deftly explores the great cost of living freely at the whim of wind and water. He dissects the freedom one finds at sea and in any life close to nature, a powerful siren call even to those who will never venture there
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