Sailing Alone Around the World
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Sailing Alone Around the World

by Joshua Slocum

1900•Biography•256 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryadventurefresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, sweeping biography, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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About This Book

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. Marooned in Brazil, he built a "canoe" in which he returned to America (see The Voyage of the Liberdade).

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryAdventureAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Single-handed sailingSailingYachtingTravelVoyages and travelsVoyages around the worldNonfictionSailing, Single-handed

Details

Author
Joshua Slocum
Published
1900
Pages
256
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