Crazy for the storm, a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
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Crazy for the storm, a memoir of survival, Norman Ollestad
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Crazy for the storm
Oclc number
262884179
Responsibility statement
Norman Ollestad
Sub title
a memoir of survival
Summary
A personal account set against a backdrop of southern California's surf culture in the late 1970s describes the author's struggles with constant fear in the face of his father's thrill-seeking personality, his forced participation in dangerous ski and surf sports, and his efforts to survive a plane crash that killed his father and stranded him in the Gabriel Mountains
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- Child surfers -- California -- Biography
- Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979
- Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth
- Fathers and sons -- United States
- Competition (Psychology)
- Fathers + Death
- Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography
- Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains
- Ollestad, Norman -- Family
- Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Child surfers -- California -- Biography
- Ollestad, Norman, 1935-1979
- Ollestad, Norman -- Childhood and youth
- Fathers and sons -- United States
- Competition (Psychology)
- Fathers + Death
- Aircraft accident victims -- California -- Biography
- Aircraft accidents -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains
- Ollestad, Norman -- Family
- Downhill ski racing -- United States -- Biography
- Content1
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