WIN $150 GIFT VOUCHERS: ALADDIN'S GOLD

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum at Abbey's Bookshop,
Sailing Alone Around the World
— —
Joshua Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

$18.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
19 February 2015
Sailing; Classic travel writing
Joshsua 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. For more than three years Slocum battled stormy seas, attacks from raiders and pirates and, of course, loneliness. He crossed the Atlantic no fewer than three times, spent weeks thrashing against the elements around Cape Horn, and found shelter in numerous exotic harbours. Sailing Alone around the World is the extraordinary story of one mans courage and resourcefulness, and has an enduring and universal appeal as a landmark of world adventure. Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language, with authors hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.
By:  
Imprint:   John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9781909612600
ISBN 10:   190961260X
Pages:   170
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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 [i]Sailing Alone Around the World[/i]. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.

See Also

Sailing Alone Around the World

Put it in the Chicken

A Cambodian memoir

Glen Felgate

Paperback

$33.95  $30.58

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Sailing Alone Around the World

A Training School for Elephants...

Sophy Roberts

Paperback

$36.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Sailing Alone Around the World

Travellers in Eighteenth Century...

The Sexes Abroad

Julie Peakman

Hardback

$75 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Sailing Alone Around the World

Alexandria

A History and Guide

E.M. Forster

Paperback

$29.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Sailing Alone Around the World

Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition...

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Paperback

$29.99 

In Stock 😊

ADD +
Sailing Alone Around the World

London

An Illustrated Literary Companion...

Rosemary Gray

Paperback

$22.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +