Sailing Alone Around the World
$37.35
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 May 1999
Summary
The first man to circumnavigate the world single-handedly - Joshua Slocum’s autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable - and entertaining - travel narratives of all time.
Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world’s great circumnavigators - Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140437362 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140437363 |
| Author: | Joshua Slocum |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 1999 |
| Weight: | 308g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 127mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum was born in 1844. After his famous trip he became friends with Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt. In 1909 he sailed south from Martha’s Vineyard and disappeared at sea. He was declared officially dead in 1924. Thomas Philbrick introduced the Penguin Classics edition of Richard Henry Dana’s TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.
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