Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup
- ISBN-10
- 0747500401
- ISBN-13
- 9780747500407
- Series
- Comeback
- Category
- America's Cup
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Authors
- Dennis Conner, Bruce Stannard
Description
An autobiographical account of Conner's involvement in, and ultimate domination of, the America's Cup. In 1983, after being the first American skipper to lose the cup in 132 years, Conner made a comeback after a $15 million campaign lasting 3 years.
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