Sailing Alone Around the World (Adlard Coles Maritime Classics)

by JoshuaSlocum (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.40

  Joshua Slocum's epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the 37 foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of singlehanded voyaging, and has since been the inspiration for the many who have gone to sea in small boats. Starting from Boston in 1895, by the time he dropped anchor in Newport, Rhode Island over three years after his journey began, he had cruised some 46,000 miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. Slocum's account of his epic voyage is a classic of sailing literature, acclaimed as an unequalled masterpiece of vital yet disciplined prose. It will be welcomed by admirers of his legendary achievement. 'It is a timeless work that can be read again and again, and a story that totally absorbs the reader with it's enormity and honest endeavour' RNSA Journal 'Slocum's prose is a model of its kind: honest, vivid, salty, and at times, lyrical' Traditional Boats and Tall Ships 'One of the all-time classic sailing narratives' Classic Boat

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.40

  Epic in scope, spellbinding in every detail, Sir Joshua Slocum's famous account of his solo journey around the world--the first ever made--has already inspired a generation of readers. Born in Nova Scotia in 1844, Joshua Slocum was a seafarer from an early age, and by age 25 had already become a successful commander. But, after personal and professional catastrophe struck, he rebuilt a shipwreck with his own hands, turning it into an ocean-going vessel, and sailed out of Boston at age 52...alone. Three years later he returned, and what had occurred during that time is, by turns, magical, thrilling, terrifying, and exhilarating. .. .a literate and absorbing yarn....His story is a convincing tale of the intelligence, skill, and fortitude that drove a master navigator. --The New York Times. A classic book....Slocum's writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray... --The New Yorker.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $5.45