Sailing Alone Around the World
$23.18
- Paperback
170 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2015
Summary
Joshua Slocum spent a lifetime at sea. He ran away from his Nova Scotia home at the age of 14 and for the next 35 years he sailed the world, holding every shipboard rank. When a ship under his command was wrecked on the coast of Brazil in 1887, it seemed that his maritime career had ended in disgrace. Not one for retiring to earthly pastures, Slocum rebuilt a hundred-year-old sloop and set off for Boston in 1895 on the first single-handed circumnavigation of the globe.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909612600 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 190961260X |
| Author: | Joshua Slocum |
| Publisher: | John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 170 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Stanfords Travel Classics |
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About The Author
Joshua Slocum
Captain Joshua Slocum was a seaman and adventurer, a noted writer, and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He tells his story in Sailing Alone Around the World. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.
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