{"product_id":"sailing-alone-around-the-world-penguin-classics-s-9780140437362","title":"Sailing Alone Around the World Penguin Classics S","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Slocum’s autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable – and entertaining – travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop \u003ci\u003eSpray \u003c\/i\u003ein April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world’s great circumnavigators – Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for its courage, skill, and determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSailing Alone around the World\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Slocum’s wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flyin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSailing Alone Around The WorldList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Thomas Philbrick\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eSailing Alone around the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter I\u003c\/b\u003eA blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities\u003cbr\u003eYouthful fondness for the sea\u003cbr\u003eMaster of the ship \u003ci\u003eNorhtern Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoss of the \u003ci\u003eAquidneck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturn home from Brazil in the canoe \u003ci\u003eLiberdale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gift of a \"ship\"\u003cbr\u003eThe rebuilding of the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConundrums in regard to finance and calking\u003cbr\u003eThe launching of the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFailure as a fisherman\u003cbr\u003eA voyage around the world projected\u003cbr\u003eFrom Boston to Gloucester\u003cbr\u003eFitting out for the ocean voyage\u003cbr\u003eHalf of a dory for a ship's boat\u003cbr\u003eThe run from Gloucester to Nova Scotia\u003cbr\u003eA shaking up in home waters\u003cbr\u003eAmong old friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGood-by to the American coast\u003cbr\u003eOff Sable Island in a fog\u003cbr\u003eIn the open sea\u003cbr\u003eThe man in the moon takes an interest in the voyage\u003cbr\u003eThe first fit of loneliness\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e encounters \u003ci\u003eLa Vaguisa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bottle of wine from the Spaniard\u003cbr\u003eA bout of words with the captain of the \u003ci\u003eJava\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe steamship \u003ci\u003eOlympia\u003c\/i\u003e spoken\u003cbr\u003eArrival at the Azores\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSqually weather in the Azores\u003cbr\u003eHigh living\u003cbr\u003eDelirious from cheese and plums\u003cbr\u003eThe pilot of the \u003ci\u003ePinta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Gibraltar\u003cbr\u003eCompliments exchanged with the British navy\u003cbr\u003eA picnic on the Morocco shore\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter V\u003c\/b\u003eSailing from Gibraltar with assistance of her Majesty's tug\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn\u003cbr\u003eChased by a Moorish pirate\u003cbr\u003eA comparison with Columbus\u003cbr\u003eThe Canary Islands\u003cbr\u003eThe Cape Verde Islands\u003cbr\u003eSea life\u003cbr\u003eArrival at Pernambuco\u003cbr\u003eA bill against the Brazilian government\u003cbr\u003ePreparing for the stormy weather of the cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter VI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeparture from Rio de Janeiro\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e ashore on the sands of Uruguay\u003cbr\u003eA narrow escape from shipwreck\u003cbr\u003eThe boy who found a sloop\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e floated but somewhat damaged\u003cbr\u003eCourtesies from the British consul at Maldonado\u003cbr\u003eA warm greeting at Montevideo\u003cbr\u003eAn excursion to Buenos Aires\u003cbr\u003eShortening the mast and bowsprit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter VII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeighing anchor at Buenos Aires\u003cbr\u003eAn outburst of emotion at the mouth of the Plate\u003cbr\u003eSubmerged by a great wave\u003cbr\u003eA stormy entrance to the strait\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Samblich's happy gift of a bag of carpet-tacks\u003cbr\u003eOff Cape Froward\u003cbr\u003eChased by Indians from Fortescue Bay\u003cbr\u003eA miss-shot for \"Black Pedro\"\u003cbr\u003eTaking in supplies of wood and water at Three Island Cove\u003cbr\u003eAnimal life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter VIII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Cape Pillar into the Pacific\u003cbr\u003eDriven by a tempest toward Cape Horn\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Slocum's greatest sea adventure\u003cbr\u003eReaching the strait again by way of Cockburn Channel\u003cbr\u003eSome savages find the carpet-tacks\u003cbr\u003eDanger from firebrands\u003cbr\u003eA series of fierce williwaws\u003cbr\u003eAgain sailing westward\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter IX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepairing the \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e sails\u003cbr\u003eSavages and an obstreperous anchor\u003cbr\u003eA spider-fight\u003cbr\u003eAn encounter with Black Pedro\u003cbr\u003eA visit to the steamship \u003ci\u003eColombia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the defensive against a fleet of canoes\u003cbr\u003eA record of voyages through the strait\u003cbr\u003eA chance cargo of tallow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter X\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning to Port Angosto in a snow-storm\u003cbr\u003eA defective sheet-rope places the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e in peril\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e as a target for a Fuegian arrow\u003cbr\u003eThe island of Alan Erric\u003cbr\u003eAgain in the open Pacific\u003cbr\u003eThe run to the island of Juan Fernandez\u003cbr\u003eAn absentee king\u003cbr\u003eAt Robinson Crusoe's anchorage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe islanders of Juan Fernandez entertained with Yankee doughnuts\u003cbr\u003eThe beauties of Robinson Crusoe's realm\u003cbr\u003eThe mountain monument to Alexander Selkirk\u003cbr\u003eRobinson Crusoe's cave\u003cbr\u003eA stroll with the children of the island\u003cbr\u003eWestward ho! with a friendly gale\u003cbr\u003eA month's free sailing with the Southern Cross and the sun for guides\u003cbr\u003eSighting the Marquesas\u003cbr\u003eExperience in reckoning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-two days without a port\u003cbr\u003eWhales and birds\u003cbr\u003eA peep into the \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e galley\u003cbr\u003eFlying-fish for breakfast\u003cbr\u003eA welcome at Apia\u003cbr\u003eA visit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eAt Vailima\u003cbr\u003eSamoan hospitality\u003cbr\u003eArrested for fast riding\u003cbr\u003eAn amusing merry-go-round\u003cbr\u003eTeachers and pupils of Papauta College\u003cbr\u003eAt the mercy of sea-nymphs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XIII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamoan royalty\u003cbr\u003eKing Malietoa\u003cbr\u003eGood-bye to friends at Vailima\u003cbr\u003eLeaving Fiji to the south\u003cbr\u003eArrival at Newcastle, Australia\u003cbr\u003eThe yachts of Sydney\u003cbr\u003eA ducking on the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommodore Foy presents the sloop with a new suit of sails\u003cbr\u003eOn to Melbourne\u003cbr\u003eA shark that proved to be valuable\u003cbr\u003eA change of course\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Rain of Blood\"\u003cbr\u003eIn Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XIV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA testimonial from a lady\u003cbr\u003eCruising round Tasmania\u003cbr\u003eThe skipper delivers his first lecture on the voyage\u003cbr\u003eAbundant provisions\u003cbr\u003eAn inspection of the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e for safety at Devonport\u003cbr\u003eAgain at Sydney\u003cbr\u003eNorthward bound for Torres Strait\u003cbr\u003eAn amateur shipwreck\u003cbr\u003eFriends on the Autralian coast\u003cbr\u003ePerils of a coral sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArrival at Port Denison, Queensland\u003cbr\u003eA lecture\u003cbr\u003eReminiscences of Captain Cook\u003cbr\u003eLecturing for charity at Cooktown\u003cbr\u003eA happy escape from a coral reef\u003cbr\u003eHome Island, Sunday Island, Bird Island\u003cbr\u003eAn American pearl-fisherman\u003cbr\u003eJubilee at Thursday Island\u003cbr\u003eA new ensign for the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooby Island\u003cbr\u003eAcross the Indian Ocean\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Island\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XVI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA call for careful navigation\u003cbr\u003eThree hours' steering in twenty-three days\u003cbr\u003eArrival at the Keeling Cocos Islands\u003cbr\u003eA curious chapter of social history\u003cbr\u003eA welcome from the children of the islands\u003cbr\u003eCleaning and painting the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e on the beach\u003cbr\u003eA Mohammedan blessing for a pot of jam\u003cbr\u003eKeeling as a paradise\u003cbr\u003eA risky adventure in a small boat\u003cbr\u003eAway to Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003eTaken for Antichrist\u003cbr\u003eThe governor calms the fears of the people\u003cbr\u003eA lecture\u003cbr\u003eA convent in the hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XVII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA clean bill of health at Mauritius\u003cbr\u003eSailing the voyage over again in the opera-house\u003cbr\u003eA newly discovered plant named in honor of the \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e skipper\u003cbr\u003eA party of young ladies out for a sail\u003cbr\u003eA bivouac on deck\u003cbr\u003eA warm reception at Durban\u003cbr\u003eA friendly cross-examination by Henry M. Stanley\u003cbr\u003eThree wise Boers seek proof of the flatness of the earth\u003cbr\u003eLeaving South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XVIII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRounding the \"Cape of Storms\" in olden time\u003cbr\u003eA rough Christmas\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e ties up for a three months' rest at Cape Town\u003cbr\u003eA railway trip to the Transvaal\u003cbr\u003ePresident Kruger's odd definition of the \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e voyage\u003cbr\u003eHis terse sayings\u003cbr\u003eDistinguished guests on the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCocoanut fiber as a padlock\u003cbr\u003eCourtesies from the admiral of the Queen's navy\u003cbr\u003eOff for St. Helena\u003cbr\u003eLand in sight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the isle of Napoleon's exile\u003cbr\u003eTwo lectures\u003cbr\u003eA guest in the ghost-room at Plantation House\u003cbr\u003eAn excursion to historic Longwood\u003cbr\u003eCoffee in the husk, and a goat to shell it\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray's\u003c\/i\u003e ill luck with animals\u003cbr\u003eA prejudice against small dogs\u003cbr\u003eA rat, the Boston spider, and the cannibal cricket\u003cbr\u003eAscension Island\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the favoring current of Cape St. Roque, Brazil\u003cbr\u003eAll at sea regarding the Spanish-American war\u003cbr\u003eAn exchange of signals with the battle-ship \u003ci\u003eOregon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOff Dreyfus's prison on Devil's Island\u003cbr\u003eReappearance to the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e of the north star\u003cbr\u003eThe light on Trinidad\u003cbr\u003eA charming introduction to Grenada\u003cbr\u003eTalks to friendly auditors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter XXI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearing for home\u003cbr\u003eIn the calm belt\u003cbr\u003eA sea covered with sargasso\u003cbr\u003eThe jibstay parts in a gale\u003cbr\u003eWelcomed by a tornado off Fire Island\u003cbr\u003eA change of plan\u003cbr\u003eArrival at Newport\u003cbr\u003eEnd of a cruise of over forty-six thousand miles\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e again at Fairhaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLines and Sail-Plan of the \"Spray\"\u003cbr\u003eHer pedigree so far as known\u003cbr\u003eThe lines of the \u003ci\u003eSpray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer self-steering qualities\u003cbr\u003eSail-plan and steering-gear\u003cbr\u003eAn unprecedented feat\u003cbr\u003eA cheer to would-be navigators\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862437626199,"sku":"9780140437362","price":15.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140437362.jpg?v=1759917804","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sailing-alone-around-the-world-penguin-classics-s-9780140437362","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}