Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press , 1990. New. In brand NEW, sealed condition! Book features full leather binding in grey-blue, along with gilded pages, ribbon marker, and decorative golden inlay across the cover. Ships fast! 100% of proceeds go towards promoting literacy in under-served areas of the world.
Synopsis
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. 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 outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for its courage, skill, and determination. Sailing Alone around the World recounts Slocum’s wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flying fish for breakfast in the Pacific; and a hilarious visit with fellow explorer Henry Stanley in South Africa. A century later, Slocum’s incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.
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- Bookseller
- International Book Project
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1006310
- Title
- Sailing Alone Around the World
- Author
- Joshua Slocum
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1990
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible
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