About Island Born – A Memoir
The memoir, ISLAND BORN, challenges what is possible in love and nature. The author and his partner (and soon-to-be-wife), from vastly different backgrounds in Los Angeles, resolve to follow an intuition and sail "the wrong way around the world” – eastward across the Arabian Sea. Pitted against treacherous conditions that included the volatile social and political situation of the world ashore, … Read more
About the Author
Frank Burnaby is a poet, traveler, sailor, and storyteller. He worked as a gifted and successful lighting designer in Los Angeles for many years. Then moving to an island in the Pacific Northwest, he devoted his time to raising his sons, writing, and to the creation of a wilderness school focused on the developmental needs of 7-13 year old children to experience nature. As a youth, he survived … Read more
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Thanks
Dear Friends, including everyone who has supported Island Born, my gratitude and thanks! Your like-button pushing, comments, and purchases of Island Born have been amazing. I am floored by your support. Contradiction in terms, but the truth. The themes underlying this incredible voyage to an unknown … [Read More...]
Island Born Available Now
The sun has risen in the West! Island Born is now available on Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook readers. Also anyone with an iPad can read both Amazon and Barnes and Noble purchases by using the free Kindle for iPad or Nook for iPad applications. If you use the iBooks app with your iPad, … [Read More...]
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