THE HARD WAY AROUND : The Passages of Joshua Slocum 1st E.O

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1st Ed. (14), 220, (4) PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 20.3 x 13. Seller Inventory # 69139

Title : THE HARD WAY AROUND : The Passages of Joshua Slocum
Publisher : Vintage Books. New York. .
Publication Date : 2011
ISBN 100307745457
ISBN 139780307745453
Edition 1st Edition
Quantity : 1 available
Synopsis : In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the Spray, a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, made him internationally famous. But scandal soon followed, and a decade later, with his finances failing, he set off alone once more—never to be seen again.

In this definitive portrait of an icon of adventure, Geoffrey Wolff describes, with authority and admiration, a life that would see hurricanes, shipwrecks, pirate attacks, cholera, smallpox, and no shortage of personal tragedy.

About the Author
Geoffrey Wolff is the author of five works of nonfiction and six novels. In 1994 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Bath, Maine.

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