Life Lessons of a Legend
by Brad Manard
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Author: Brad ManardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-26
ISBN: 1439202222
Number of pages: 358
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
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Book Review: A Fantastic Book that Captures the True Captain Tony
Summary: 5 Stars
Being fortunate enough to be a friend of Captain Tony and the Tarracino family, I read Brad Manard's Life Lessons of a Legend with eager anticipation, and I have to say that this book exceeded my wildest expectations! It is extremely well-written, and the descriptions and characterizations make the reader feel as if he or she is actually there in Key West with Captain Tony and Brad as the Captain shares his life and experiences with the younger Midwesterner. These two men hail from totally opposite backgrounds, one being a conservative, well-educated school superintendent from Iowa and the other being a school drop-out who ran from the mob in New Jersey and ended up as an adventurous fishing boat captain, gun-runner, womanizer, gambler, bar-owner and mayor in Key West, Florida. As the unlikely friendship was formed, it was the educator who learned the invaluable life lessons of compassion, of sharing words of kindness with others and of love of family from the hard-living yet kind-hearted Captain Tony. Throughout the book, the Captain tells, in his own words, many wonderful stories of his exciting life, going all the way back to his childhood and early days in Key West, including stories about his friendships with people such as Jimmy Buffett, Mel Fisher, and Shel Silverstein. This book is excellent and captures the true essence of the `Salt of Key West,' the legendary and beloved Captain Tony.
Summary of Life Lessons of a Legend
Life Lessons is a dramatic and inspiring story of Captain Tony Tarracino?s remarkable journey from the ghettos of Elizabeth, N.J. to becoming a living legend serving as the Mayor Emeritus of Key West. He made a career of being a mesmerizing storyteller, captivating personality, and Casanova of the sea. The Captain swears like a sailor on leave yet speaks of compassion as the word we should all live by. In Life Lessons you learn of his harrowing life on the sea, secret spy exploits as a gunrunner during the Cuban revolution, tales of the oldest bar in Florida - Captain Tony?s Saloon, being immortalized by his friend Jimmy Buffett in the song Last Mango in Paris, and Tony?s family of 13 children with eight different women. Life Lessons captures the legendary tales and riveting lessons learned from a life of great adventure lived on the edge.Memoirs Books
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