Thoughts and Reflections on Scripture
2007
May
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
The Brendan Voyage
I finished a fantastic book a couple of weeks ago, and forgot to mention it here on my blog. It was called The Brendan Voyage, and was a log of a journey that Tim Severin made as a reenactment of St. Brendan's legendary journey to, perhaps, North America.
It was fascinating reading-- the whole notion of rebuilding an ancient Irish boat out of leather to sail across the Atlantic; of using all the materials medieval people would have access to, even tanning leather in the same way. Tim Severin writes in a compelling manner, so that I could hardly wait to find out what happened next from chapter to chapter, page to page.
If you like traveling stories then you'll love The Brendan Voyage.
~Jason
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