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Title details for Sailing Alone Around the World, with eBook by Joshua Slocum - Available

Sailing Alone Around the World, with eBook

by Joshua Slocum
Alan Sklar
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Joshua Slocum is believed to be the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. After a distinguished nautical career, during which he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdade, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success. This spurred him to attempt his perilous voyage.


Having lost his fortune in the shipwreck, Slocum began his voyage on a shoestring. He was given the Spray, a century-old oysterboat in need of repairs. Two years and $500 later, he had rebuilt the wreck into an oceangoing wonder.


On his 40,000-mile, three-year voyage, Slocum visited six of the seven continents, where he met cannibals, presidents, outlaws, and ambassadors. Amazingly, throughout his travels he lived off the land, fishing, trading, and giving lectures to keep his pantry full. He also met some remarkable people, including Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Kruger, who, believing the world was flat, warned Slocum not to fall off! This adventure will captivate sailors and landlubbers alike.

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  • Release date

    March 23, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400129355
      • File size: 222744 KB
      • Duration: 07:44:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Joshua Slocum sailed alone around the world, he traveled in good company. He found himself particularly well suited to the adventure. While Slocum relished the companionship he found in port, he was equally at peace when alone on the face of the deep. The secret to his successful voyage? "I made companions with what was around me." Alan Sklar's warm, unhurried reading conveys the author's genial practicality and the good humor with which he approached the wonders and challenges of three years and forty thousand miles. Sklar's precision and ease with nautical terms add authenticity to his performance. T.J.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Get out your world atlas to accompany Joshua Slocum on an incredible journey in his sloop, "Spray," circumnavigating the globe in 1895-98. No better voice than that of Bernard Mayes could have been picked for this voyage filled with adventures ranging from the total loneliness of the solo voyage to the tense fear of attack by Tierra del Fuego pirates. Although the adventure took place almost a hundred years ago, Bernard makes on-shore encounters in the Canaries, Spain, Africa, Mauritius and the Pacific Isles as exciting as they must have been to Slocum; his voice is the voice of a sailing gentleman. J.E.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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