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Loading... Voyage of the Liberdade (1890)by Joshua Slocum
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 Of course, many more people know of Slocum than have had the good fortune to read his book. It has not always been easy to find a copy. Of those who know Sailing alone around the world, not one in ten thousand knows his earlier book, Voyage of the Liberdade, published by Roberts Brothers of Boston in 1894. I know of only two copies in England, one in the library of the Cruising Association and the other in that of the British Museum. The two are now brought together. Voyage of the Liberdade has not so spectacular a subject as Sailing alone, but it has the same invaluable quality of gusto, the same direct power of letting the reader share in the experiences it describes. Is contained in
His first book describing his adventures at sea, Voyage of the Liberdade follows the early adventures on the high seas of American sailor JOSHUA SLOCUM (1844-1909), who would later become the first man to sail alone around the world. First aboard the Aquidneck and then later the Liberdade and journeying from New York to Uruguay to Rio, Slocum and his crew battle harsh weather, sickness, and murder as they ply their trade. This is a real-life adventure written by one of America's premier seamen will enthrall anyone interested in history, adventure, and sailing. No library descriptions found. |
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