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In this utterly engrossing biography, the author of the bestselling The Mailroom goes beyond the myth of legendary surfer Miki Dora to reveal the truth behind one mans colorful and dramatic life and the sport he helped define. b&w photos throughout. n nFor twenty years, Miki Da Cat Dora was the king of Malibu surfers--a dashing, enigmatic rebel who dominated the waves, ruled his peers imaginations, and who still inspires the fantasies of wannabes to this day. And yet, Dora railed against surfings sudden post-Gidget popularity and the overcrowding of his once empty waves, even after this avid sportsman, iconoclast, and scammer of wide repute ran afoul of the law and led the FBI on a remarkable seven-year chase around the globe in 1974. The New York Times named him the most renegade spirit the sport has yet to produce and Vanity Fair called him a dark prince of the beach. To fully capture Doras never-before-told story, David Rensin spent four years interviewing hundreds of Doras friends, enemies, family members, lovers, and fellow surfers to uncover the untold truth about surfings most outrageous practitioner, charismatic antihero, committed loner, and enduring mystery.n
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