by Ellen MacArthur · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141006970
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«Taking on the World» is the autobiography of sailor Ellen MacArthur, published by Penguin in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Ellen MacArthur recounts her journey from childhood in Derbyshire to the 2001 Vendée Globe, where she became the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo. She explains how she saved to buy her first boat, sailed around Britain as a teenager, and faced one of the toughest races on the planet.
The account is written in the first person by MacArthur herself, with no ghostwriter, and this English-language edition from Penguin Books dates from 2003.
For fans of sailing, adventure sports, and biographies of personal achievement.
