Wayward Sailor: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones - Softcover

Dalton, Anthony

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9780071440288: Wayward Sailor: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071440283 ISBN 13: 9780071440288

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2004

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"This is a necessary book for anyone who has read Tristan Jones's stories with enjoyment or suspicion, or both."

--Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea

"I was enchanted from start to finish by Anthony Dalton's biography."

--John Rousmaniere, author of After the Storm

Tristan Jones boasted a worldwide following for his memoirs of extraordinary adventures from the Arctic to the Dead Sea. But, as Wayward Sailor proves, Jones was a fascinating invention of his own imagination. Wayward Sailor is a voyage into the soul of a mysterious adventurer.

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The Life of Sailing's Best-Known Storyteller is the Most Incredible Tristan Jones Story of All

No one really knew Tristan Jones. He was larger than life, perhaps the most successful sailing writer of the twentieth century, and by his own account the greatest sailor. But he was not who he said he was. He told us what he wanted us to believe, and he told the tales so well that we either believed or suspended disbelief. As Anthony Dalton reveals in this uncompromising yet admiring biography, the real Tristan Jones was both a lesser and a greater man than his invention. Self-educated, self-taught, enormously creative, he was himself his most creative act.

"A thoroughly researched and absorbing account of Tristan Jones's lives—the one he created for himself, and the one he actually lived. This is a necessary book for anyone who has read Tristan Jones's stories with enjoyment or suspicion, or both."—Derek Lundy, author, Godforsaken Sea and The Way of a Ship

"I was enchanted from start to finish by Anthony Dalton's biography, in which he proves that Tristan Jones's most brilliant creation was his own fascinating life story."—John Rousmaniere, author, After the Storm; Fastnet, Force 10; and The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

"[An] arresting study. . . . Dalton achieves stark poignancy. . . . Jones's story as related here should appeal to all those who love adventure, as well as to those who enjoy analyzing the wreckage of damaged, enigmatic and fascinating personalities."—Publishers Weekly

Anthony Dalton has been a professional expedition leader and adventure guide. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Fellow of the Explorers Club, his articles have been published in Classic Boat, MotorBoats Monthly, Ocean Navigator, SAIL, Sailing, Sea, and Yachting.

About the Author:

Anthony Dalton (Canada) is a writer, photographer, and adventurer. Dalton is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and his articles have appeared in Classic Boat, SAIL, Yachting, and other publications.

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