Crazy for the storm

Norman Ollestad was a child forced to seek out wild and dangerous sporting adventures. These exhilarating trials of skill saved the author's life in the plane crash that killed his father and stepmother when Norman was just 11. Set in the spontaneous society of the late 1970s in the United States, this captivating memoir recalls Ollestad's childhood, how he managed to survive the disaster that forever marked his life, and his father, the charismatic man whose determination and love of danger infuriated and inspired him.