Dove by Robin L. Graham Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dove
Book Review: A teacher's perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using Dove as a nonfiction novel in my interdisciplinary LA/Geography classroom for several years. It is used as the introduction to the class at the beginning of the school year. My students are 7th graders. They have a positive response to Dove and the movie. Let me know if anyone does something similiar. I have great ideas for guest speakers and field trips. My partner and I have a whole unit planned and are always looking for new ideas. My students would love to know what Robin is currently doing. We've written him but haven't gotten a response.Book Review: A touch of everything
Summary: 4 Stars
Dove is a book that you can enjoy because it has a little bit of everything. A touch of romance, a touch of adventure, a touch of courage, and a little bit of everything. It is about a boy, Robin Lee Graham and the author is Robin Lee Graham.Book Review: A touch of everything
Summary: 4 Stars
Dove is a book that you can enjoy because it has a little bit of everything. A touch of romance, a touch of adventure, a touch of courage, and a little bit of everything. It is about a boy, Robin Lee Graham and the author is Robin Lee Graham.Book Review: A very underrated tale of a young sailor and the sea
Summary: 5 Stars
Robin L. Graham lived the dream that over half of us have wanted to do. He sailed around the world. I first started following this story back when reading National Geographic a few decades past. I ran across this book and it was better than the thin National Geographic articles.
Along with being a roaringly great story, a person just does not really comprehend how hard it is to sail around the world. This reviewer knows something about reading a map. Robin makes navigation, a fairly hard and critical skill, seem easy. Example, his sailing from California to Hawaii is a shake down cruise. Then after the first leg of the trip he sails from Hawaii to American Samoa, a voyage of over 2000 miles. A navagation error of only a half a degree would have left Dove miles from her destination. Robin does the navigation and does not think twice of it. This kid has talent. Robin does it all with a sextant, charts, and a chronograph. Who needs GPS? He even invents a simple auto pilot for the boat. If Robin had made the trip today he would have job offers from a half dozen firms.
Robin visits lots of local cultures. It's great. He is just some skinny American kid, not at all like the more numerous soldiers and sailors found in that area at the time. He blends in seamlessly with the local people.
Robin gives lots of sailor's lore. Dove loses her main mast. So Robin has it replaced but he neglects to put a coin at the bottom of the mast. Sure enough Dove loses her main mast in another storm. On mast mark III there is a coin. It might be superstition but to be de-masted in the middle of the ocean is not a fun experence.
I didn't mind the love story. It gives something for Robin to dream of while going from port to port. It does not overpower the story like many other romances tends to do.
I liked this story. This is the sort of light book I wish high school English teachers would use in their classes. The romance would appeal to the girls. The boys would love the action. The parents would not mind the PG rating, if the book had one on its cover.
Dove is a good tale of the sea. Non-sailors will learn a lot. You get to have a good exposure to other cultures by a non-judgemental American.
This kid had a "whale of a good time". I highly recommend this book. The only bad thing is after reading this book I ran out and bought a small 22' sloop for sailing in the Great Lakes.
I envy Robin. He had a great time. Dear Amazon.com Reader, you'll enjoy this book.
Book Review: Adventurous and Elegant.
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book when I was a child myself. I vividly remember how I turned each page of this marvelous book and anticipated what was in store for me. I am now 30 years old and the images, memory and wonder of "Dove" are with me still....