- Spray (Sloop), Single-handed sailing, Sailing, Yachting
Joshua Slocum, one of the most famous of American sea captains, really was the first to single-handedly circumnavigate the world. The epitome of Yankee independence, he had risen from a seaman to the captain of his own ship.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Joshua Slocum
- First published
- 1800
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Shambhala ; [New York], Adventure Library
- Editions
- 297
- Language
- heb, English
- ISBN
- 9798719151243
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