Full name: Ghost Wave: The True Story of the Biggest Wave on Earth and the Men Who Challenged It

Author: Chris Dixon Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Adventure Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781452155852 1452155852

Rising from the depths of the Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just below the surface of the ocean. Rumors and warnings about Cortes Bank abound, but among big wave surfers, this legendary rock is famous for one simple (and massive) reason: this is the home of the biggest rideable wave on the face of the earth. In this dramatic work of narrative non-fiction, journalist Chris Dixon unlocks the secrets of Cortes Bank and pulls readers into the harrowing world of big wave surfing and high seas adventure above the most enigmatic and dangerous rock in the sea. The true story of this Everest of the sea will thrill anyone with an abiding curiosity of--and respect for--mother ocean. Similar books: Death in the Dark Continent by Peter Hathaway Capstick How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley Rawles The Lonely Land by Sigurd F. Olson No Way Down by Graham Bowley Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace Born to Run by Christopher McDougall The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller Hell, I Was There! by Elmer Keith Man Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lewis The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure Three Among the Wolves by Helen Thayer