-The classic of its kind.- --Travel World -One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure.- --Sports Illustrated -The finest single-handed adventure story yet written.- --Seafarer Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out in April of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later, the proof was complete: Captain Slocum had performed the epic -first- single-handedly in a trusty 34-foot sloop called the -Spray.-...
-The classic of its kind.- --Travel World -One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure.- --Sports Illustrated...
Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.
Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was...
