Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson

2018-06-18T11:33:21+01:00April 26th, 2018|Books|

His name is still used as an exclamation of shock, surprise and even outrage – and with some justification. James Gordon Bennett, reckless, feckless playboy son of the owner of the New York Herald is both hero and anti-hero of this wild tale of a three-yacht Transatlantic race, the result of a drunken bet that [...]