Sailing Alone Around the World....Complete Version

by Joshua Slocum

Overview

Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148114826
Publisher:	Tower Publishing
Publication date:	02/04/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	409 KB

About the Author

Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.