Sailing Alone around the World

by Joshua Slocum, William Gilkerson (Foreword by)

Overview

Full
of astounding adventures,
Sailing
Alone around the World

is the true story of the first man ever to circle the globe alone entirely by
sea. In a little over three years, Captain Joshua Slocum completed the feat
many experts believed couldn't be done—and he has the stories to prove it.
During his historic voyage, Slocum was chased by pirates in Gibraltar, soaked
by a "rain of blood" in Australia, and battered by perilous storms in
the open ocean. He also met many famous—and infamous—people along the way,
from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, to Black Pedro, "the worst
murderer in Tierra del Fuego." This absorbing tale, written with humor and
poetic eloquence, was first published in 1900 and has remained in print ever
since.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834825208
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	08/09/2005
Series:	Shambhala Library
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Captain Joshua Slocum (1844–1909) was the first person to circle the globe alone entirely by sea. On April 24, 1895, he departed Boston in his 37-foot sloop, Spray, and sailed around the world, returning to Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898. This remarkable achievement made Slocum the most famous North American sailor of all time.

Award-winning author William Gilkerson is a sailor, painter, journalist, historian, and adventurer. He is the author of the novel Ultimate Voyage, as well as ten nonfiction books on nautical topics, and his paintings are internationally acknowledged to be among the finest contemporary maritime art. He lives with his family on the shores of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, where he sails his ancient cutter, Elly.

Read an Excerpt

The
fog lifting before night, I was afforded a look at the sun just as it was
touching the sea. I watched it go down and out of sight. Then I turned my face
eastward, and there, apparently at the very end of the bowsprit, was the
smiling full moon rising out of the sea. Neptune himself coming over the bows
could not have startled me more. 'Good evening, sire,' I cried: 'I'm glad to
see you.' Many a long talk since then I have had with the man in the moon; he
had my confidence on the voyage.

Table of Contents

Chapter I1
Chapter II10
Chapter III19
Chapter IV28
Chapter V38
Chapter VI51
Chapter VII62
Chapter VIII75
Chapter IX84
Chapter X95
Chapter XI105
Chapter XII114
Chapter XIII125
Chapter XIV137
Chapter XV148
Chapter XVI161
Chapter XVII174
Chapter XVIII185
Chapter XIX193
Chapter XX203
Chapter XXI210
	Appendix	217
	Illustrations	225

Editorial Reviews

...[F]ull of interest to lovers of adventures.

New York Times

...[F]ull of interest to lovers of adventures.
— 1900

The New York Times

This audio presentation sparkles with the author’s wit and the reader’s calm, light English accent…Mayes’ voice is perfect for a man in his sixties, spinning the adventures of his sailing around the world.”

Kliatt

The finest single-handed adventure story yet written.”

Seafarer

Surely one of the all-time classic sailing narratives, this is more than just an account of a fascinating and often arduous journey, it has also given rise to a mythology all its own.”

Classic Boat

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…Bernard makes [the adventures] as exciting as they must have been to Slocum; his voice is the voice of a sailing gentleman.”

AudioFile

One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure.”

Sports Illustrated

Sailing Alone around the World could have been written yesterday. It flows free and easy and is filled with amusing anecdotes…Any sailor who loves the sea will be brought up short from time to time by the quiet eloquence of Slocum's writing.”

Small Boat Journal

A classic book…Slocum’s writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray, whose crossing of the Atlantic he describes vividly.”

New Yorker

The classic of its kind.”

Travel World