View from the Top of the Mast

<P class=MsoBodyText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>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 1940s and 50s by crewing on sailboats from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:State><st1:place>California</st1:place></st1:State> to <st1:State><st1:place>Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> <st1:place>Tahiti</st1:place> and points beyond.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>She bought her first sailboat by weaving coconut palm hats at luaus.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>Lady Weldon Hedley aka Bungy (as in bungee jumping) was raised in </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>California</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'> right by the sea where the sparkling blue Pacific was her private swimming pool.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>With her famous beachcombing dad the family combed beaches from </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>Mexico</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'> to </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>Oregon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>Many celebrities visited their home which was constructed from driftwood.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>She met Gary Cooper Jimmy Stewart waltzed with Rudy Vallee and was escorted to her senior prom by Raymond Burr.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>She even played a joke on Humphrey Bogart.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>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.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Bungy says this book is dedicated to the reader who has a certain sense of adventure that is crying to get out.</SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'> </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'>Buy it!<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>You won't regret it!</SPAN></P>