[PDF.84kb] The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water

The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water

[PDF.do79] The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water

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 | #1414573 in Books |  Bloomsbury USA |  2012-05-22 |  2012-05-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .33 x.64 x5.52l,.53 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Whale of a Time|By MJS|The English excel at the nurturing and cultivation of eccentrics. From ferret legging to innkeepers who charge extra to those "whose faces he didn't care for" there's an eccentric for every taste from the land of Shakespeare. I think Will S. would have enjoyed the subject of Kate Summerscale's ode to eccentricity - Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs - what|About the Author||Kate Summerscale is the author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, which was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, and the upcoming Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace. She has also judged various literary co

‘Joe' Carstairs was born in London in 1900, the daughter of a Scottish colonel and an American heiress. Educated in Connecticut, she returned to Europe in 1916 and drove ambulances for the Women's Legion in France. She deserted her husband at the church door (marriage was a prerequisite for her to receive her four million dollar inheritance) and settled in England where she took up racing, established a boat yard at Cowes, and won nearly every trophy going. In t...

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