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Wendy Hinman to present at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum 6/19, 4:30-6pm

Wendy Hinman will be presenting at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod, Monday, June 19, 4:30-6pm http://www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org/ Cape Cod Maritime Museum 135 South Street Hyannis, MA 02601 Tel: 508-775-1723 A shipwreck might end a dream … Continue reading

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Celebrate Sailing with Summer Sailstice June 24/25

Find an event near you, or be the spark and organize an event yourself. You can win prizes just by signing up and entering one of our many contests. Add your Sailstice sailing plans, and you could win a Sunsail … Continue reading

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Wendy Hinman to Present at Village Books June 9

Wendy Hinman will share juicy tidbits from her new book, Sea Trials: Around the World With Duct Tape and Bailing Wire at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington on June 9th at 7pm. Fri, 06/09/2017 – 7:00pm Event address: Village Books … Continue reading

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Eddy Book Reviews Interview with Wendy Hinman

Interview with Wendy Hinman, award-wining author of Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials. Tell us about how you evolved into a successful book author. I wrote stories for the radio in college and began submitting articles to various publications. … Continue reading

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Sea Trials is “completely riveting” according to the San Francisco Book Review

The San Francisco Book Review says of Sea Trials: “This true story of the Wilcox family is completely riveting and simultaneously insanely frustrating – which means it’s a great book! Hinman’s attention to little details like family squabbles and disagreements … Continue reading

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Nice Review of Sea Trials from Bookmonger Barbara Lloyd McMichael

In the Coast Weekend Arts and Entertainment issue, Bookmonger Barbara Lloyd McMichael describes Sea Trials as “a remarkable story about perseverance.” Read the full review here(http://www.coastweekend.com/cw/books/20170505/circling-the-globe-x2014-some-400-years-apart)

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Live Radio Interview with KSER 90.7 at 4pm April 21

Wendy Hinman – Sea Trials: A True Story. Wendy Hinman returns to Sound Living with “Sea Trials,” the story of her husband’s being shipwrecked at the age of 14. This is his story of fighting wild weather, pirates, gunboats and … Continue reading

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Sea Trials by Wendy Hinman Selected a Kirkus Book of the Month!

What an incredible honor! Less than 2% of books earn a Kirkus starred review. Fewer still are selected as a book of the month. Find out why Kirkus described Sea Trials with these superlatives: “expressive writing captures the wonder of … Continue reading

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Bruce Barcott says Sea Trials had him “turning pages at flank speed”

Bruce Barcott, author of Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, Measure of a Mountain, and Weed the People and a contributor to Outside and National Geographic magazines, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Mother Jones, Sports Illustrated, Harper’s Magazine, … Continue reading

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