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Searching for One Particular Harbor
Escape to the Bahamas
Gordon’s latest release is the mostly true story of his adventures and misadventures while living in the Bahamas for two years. He and his wife, Annie, explored islands, caught large dolphin and wahoo, dove on remote reefs, battled hurricanes, and searched for Buffet’s magical harbors in this story of paradise found and lost.
Gordon’s new book .... is about his most daring adventure- becoming an expat and going to work for the Bahamian government. It’s a great story for fans of Florida-lit, tropical adventures, and outdoor writing. And since the title is a play off the Jimmy Buffet song “One Particular Harbor,” Parrothead fans are a given.... England keeps the narrative moving forward, peppering dialogue with enough description and action..... As in his previous works, Gordon’s descriptions of fishing trips are a real treat. He keeps the prose terse, letting the action of the fight take over the reader’s mind. Searching is a thoroughly entertaining story about the quest for paradise, politics, and the redemptive qualities of a good day out on the water.
Scott Deitche
FLORIDA TODAY REVIEW
...the book is a mostly true account of three years he spent living in the Bahamas seeking out beautiful reefs, big fish, and the perfect tiki bar. He describes the life he pursued, even discovering a few of Jimmy Buffett’s out-of-the-way harbors far removed from the island tourist traps.
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BOAT TALES
By Gordon England
Whether he's chasing sailfish in Panama or hunting dove and quail deep in Mexico, Gordon pursues outdoor sports with a passion for the biggest and best. In this collection he catches huge dolphin in the Exumas, races motocross through woods both on and off the trails, hunts ducks in brutal Texas snow and ice, hooks hopelessly large blue marlin in Nassau, and gets lost at sea in a monstrous Gulf of Mexico storm.
His adventures often take place on Boat Tales, his twenty-one foot Aquasport, based in Nassau, Bahamas. His love of the ocean is captured in his travels across Florida's Gulf Stream, to Abaco's fabled Hole in the Wall, to remote islands of the Exumas, and from Abaco to Eluthera to Nassau in the dead of the night across miles of coral reefs at low tide. These tales will capture your imagination, vicariously take you to exotic lands, and entertain you with Gordon's true-life escapades. Boat Tales is a collection of ten true to life adventures drawn from his outdoor lifestyle and nautical journeys.
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Gordon’s Island Exploration Map
Gordon’s next collection of short stories called Cape Odyssey will continue in the same vein as his first book Boat Tales, giving a series of true adventuresome tales of not only Gordon, but also his wife Annie and colorful friends from Texas. To be released soon.
My wife and I are filled with wanderlust that sends us searching for adventures. After years of cruising through the Bahamas searching for Jimmy Buffett’s “One Particular Harbour,” I wrote this photographic travelogue of wonderful hidden harbours off the beaten tourist track. A rating system based upon our Particular Point of View was developed to rank these idyllic hideaways to determine our favorite harbours, beaches, and tiki bars.
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