Sailing Alone Around the World (Phoenix Press)

ISBN: 1857997549

Author: Slocum, Joshua

Condition: Used

Epic in scope and spellbinding in every detail, Sir Joshua Slocums famous account of his three-year-long solo journey around the worldthe first ever madehas already inspired a generation of readers. As it describes adventure, storms, and survival on the high seas, every turn of the pageis thrilling, moving, terrifying, and exhilarating. A literate and absorbing yarn....His story is a convincing tale of the intelligence, skill and fortitude that drove a master navigator.The New York Times. A classic book.... Slocums writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray.The New Yorker.