The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories

by Christopher Caswell (Editor)

Overview

For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean along with Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. You'll also find William F. Buckley Jr. on idyllic cruising; James Thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; and the legendary Joshua Slocum on sailing alone around the world.

The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told is a treasure trove: tears, adrenaline, laughter, and adventure abound. With contributions from:

- James Thurber -William F. Buckley Jr. - Ann Davison - Sterling Hayden - Ernest Shackleton - Tristan Jones - Samuel Eliot Morrison - Joshua Slocum - E. B. White - C. S. Forester - Cleveland Amory - Weston Martyr - Peter Goss - David Kasanof – and many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493065479
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Series:	Greatest
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	214,692
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Christopher Caswell has been a boating enthusiast and journalist for more than thirty years. He was the senior editor of Yachting magazine for ten years, the editor of Sea magazine for seven years, and writes regularly for the major boating publications. He is the author of five other books, including Smarter Charters, Megayachts 2000, The Illustrated Book of Basic Boating, and Championship Dinghy Sailing.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

Close Encounter Pete Goss 1

The Story of Sailing James Thurber 21

The Fisherman's Cup Races Sterling Hayden 25

The Making of a Yachtsman Conrad Miller 36

All at Sea Ray Whitaker 42

Epilogue Ernest K. Gann 52

The Boat Journey Sir Ernest Shackleton 61

An August Day's Sail Samuel Elliot Morison 101

About Figaro William Snaith 106

The Crystal Coast Tristan Jones 117

Aloft on the Flying Cloud Morley Roberts 125

The Sea and the Wind That Blows E. B. White 133

Overwhelmed Captain James Riley 138

Sailing Alone around the World Joshua Slocum 147

Down Spinnaker! Philip Holland 155

Rendezvous Charles Rawlings 160

Smith Versus Lichtensteiger Weston Martyr 164

Being Ashore John Masefield 177

Captain Jim and Reynard Marjorie Young Burgess 182

Yachtswoman Solo Ann Davison 195

Owen Chase's Narrative Owen Chase 202

Kidnapped William Albert Robinson 212

Hornblower and the Man Who Felt Queer C. S. Forester 221

A Pacific Passage William F. Buckley 239

Call Me Ishmael Herman Melville 247

"100 Tons of Bronze, Son" Cleveland Amory 261

Service in the Mediterranean Admiral Lord Cochrane 268