Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. A little over three years and forty-six thousand miles later, the proof was complete. This is Slocum’s own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage of the Spray.
Whether Slocum was more accomplished as a writer or sailor is hard to say. His writing style is fast paced, witty, and exhilarating, an absorbing match to his harrowing adventures—adventures that included being chased by Moorish pirates off Gibraltar; escaping a fleet of hostile canoes; being submerged by a great wave off the Patagonian coast; an encounter with Black Pedro, “the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego”; and foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the Spray’s deck.
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481557375
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 17 december 2012
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. A little over three years and forty-six thousand miles later, the proof was complete. This is Slocum’s own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage of the Spray.
Whether Slocum was more accomplished as a writer or sailor is hard to say. His writing style is fast paced, witty, and exhilarating, an absorbing match to his harrowing adventures—adventures that included being chased by Moorish pirates off Gibraltar; escaping a fleet of hostile canoes; being submerged by a great wave off the Patagonian coast; an encounter with Black Pedro, “the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego”; and foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the Spray’s deck.
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481557375
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 17 december 2012
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Rune
5 aug. 2022
Mandatory reading for all sailors. This is also a book for those of us who enjoy reading about seafarers in a bygone era, e.g. Joseph Conrad, Harry Martinsson or Evert Taube. An account told in a matter-of-fact manner.
Sören
31 aug. 2020
A truly seminal account of the first one-man voyage around the world. Interesting and valuable string of stories of the trip, skillfully stitch together to “emulate” the real life voyage. Filled with important learnings for any seafarer to make use of.
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