Sailing Alone Around the World - Softcover
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, an indomitable New England sea captain sets out in 1895 to prove that a man can sail alone around the world: 46,000 miles in a little over 3 years.
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Captain Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) was the first person to circle the globe alone entirely by sea. On April 24, 1895, he departed Boston in his 37-foot sloop, Spray, and sailed around the world, returning to Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898. This remarkable achievement made Slocum the most famous North American sailor of all time.
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"One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure."— Sports Illustrated
"A classic book. . . . Slocum's writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray, whose crossing of the Atlantic he describes vividly."— The New Yorker
"A classic book. . . . Slocum's writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray, whose crossing of the Atlantic he describes vividly."— The New Yorker
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- PublisherWildside Pr
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1434488241
- ISBN 13 9781434488244
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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ISBN 10: 1434488241
ISBN 13: 9781434488244
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