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The hard way around : the passages of Joshua Slocum /

A portrait of the legendary sea commander traces his rapid rise from an uneducated childhood in mid-nineteenth-century Nova Scotia to the leader of ships that experienced high-danger adventures, including the first documented solo journey around the world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolff, Geoffrey, 1937- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
Edition:1st Vintage books ed.
Subjects:
Slocum, Joshua, > 1844-1909.
Liberdade (Ship)
Destroyer (Ship)
Spray (Sloop)
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
Voyages around the world > History.
Single-handed sailing > History.
Marins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Capitaines de navire > États-Unis > Biographies.
Voyages autour du monde > Histoire.
Navigation à voile en solitaire > Histoire.
Sailors.
Ship captains.
Single-handed sailing.
Voyages around the world.
United States.
Långfärdsseglingar.
Världsomseglingar.
Biographies.
History.
Description
Summary:A portrait of the legendary sea commander traces his rapid rise from an uneducated childhood in mid-nineteenth-century Nova Scotia to the leader of ships that experienced high-danger adventures, including the first documented solo journey around the world.
Physical Description:220 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780307745453
0307745457