Cork Boat (book)
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John Pollack
John Pollack is an American originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan whose past occupations include Presidential Speechwriter, author, foreign correspondent, and strolling violinist. In 1995, Pollack won the 18th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships...
. It is a first-person
First-person narrative
First-person point of view is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves. First-person narrative may be singular, plural or multiple as well as being an authoritative, reliable or deceptive "voice" and represents point of view in the...
account of his experience designing and building the Cork Boat
Cork Boat (vessel)
Cork Boat is a vessel designed and built by American speechwriter John Pollack and his partner Garth Goldstein. The ship, composed of exactly 165,321 wine corks, took over two years to complete. Over 100 volunteers contributed to the project, and Pollack received numerous donations of materials for...
, a vessel made of exactly 165,321 wine corks.