well written sailing,coming of age novel

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	• The Voyage: A Novel Philip Caputo Vintage, 2000 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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Great device for telling an old story

This is a fun read, all the way around. The author has developed a device for filling in the blanks of an old story of three boys (finally 4) on a fascinating trip from Maine down to Key West, and ultimately Cuba. A modern day woman is looking back at her family history, wondering why the boys' father sent them off on this voyage. She admits from the beginning that she must use her imagination to tell what she has discovered, and that helps fill out the story. Her research of old family records turns up clues as to why the "father" sent the boys away, and her conclusions are logical, and provide a great ending to the book. Ninety-nine percent of us don't know a jib from a mainsheet, and minor errors in sailing technology don't bother a bit. It's a great read, all the way, and the beginning and ending narration glues it all together.

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ASTOUNDING STORY with an AMAZING twist

The Voyage is an incredible story of three teenage sons sent off by their father on a journey aboard their boat Double Eagle. The Voyage is an astounding tale about life in the early twentieth century, and also an amazing twist awaits the reader in the end. I was enraptured with the author's skill to weave an incredible story. The secrets they discover are told through Sybil the great grand daughter of their father as she discovers what really happened along their journey. All in all The Voyage is easily one of the best books I have read, and should delight you as well.

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well written sailing,coming of age novel

Caputo has written a turn of the century (last) adventure Novel.

Flawed but fun read

I have to agree with the reviewers that are annoyed by the complicated present day naration at the beginning and end. I most enjoyed the adventure on the seas part, but didn't think the naration integrated well into the story. I was disappointed that it turns into just another disfunctional family saga. As a novice sailor I didn't notice the sailing term errors noted by others.

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In the tradition of great seafaring adventures, The Voyage is an intricately plotted, superbly detailed, and gripping story of adventure and courage. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Caputo has written a timeless novel about the dangerous reverberating effects of long held family secrets.

On a June morning in 1901, Cyrus Braithwaite orders his three sons to set sail from their Maine home aboard the family's forty-six-foot schooner and not return until September. Though confused and hurt by their father's cold-blooded actions, the three brothers soon rise to the occasion and embark on a breathtakingly perilous journey down the East Coast, headed for the Florida Keys.

Almost one hundred years later, Cyrus's great-granddaughter Sybil sets out to uncover the events that transpired on the voyage. Her discoveries about the Braithwaite family and the America they lived in unfolds into a stunning tale of intrigue, murder, lies and deceit.

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