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I just noticed this on the San Pedro community calendar:
**Saturday, March 31 2007
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Author Bungy Hedley book signing at Williams' Book Store**
About the Book and life of the author:
View From the Top of the Mast is a true story of the adventures of a young gal who broke the stereotyped mold of the all male world in the late 1940 and 50s by crewing on sailboats from California to Hawaii, Tahiti and points beyond. She bought her first sailboat by weaving coconut palm hats at luaus.
Lady Weldon Hedley, aka Bungy as in bungee jumping, was raised in California right by the sea, where the sparkling blue Pacific was her private swimming pool. With her famous beach combing dad, the family combed beaches from Mexico to Oregon.
Many celebrities visited their home, which was constructed from driftwood. She met Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, waltzed with Rudy Vallee, and was escorted to her senior prom by Raymond Burr. She even played a joke on Humphrey Bogart.
View from the Top of the Mast is a humorous tale of Bungy's first twenty-two years of over seven decades of a life filled with the joy of living. Bungy says this book is dedicated to the reader who has a certain sense of adventure that is crying to get out.
Please join us for this Free Event!
Williams' Book Store
http://www.williamsbookstore.com/
443 W. 6th Street
Downtown San Pedro, CA 90731
310-832-3631
If I can manage to break free...I may be meeting Bungy myself tomorrow! :)
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