Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

250 pages first pub 1899 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced

Description

Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and hi...

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Moods

adventurous 80%
inspiring 66%
informative 57%
funny 33%
lighthearted 28%
reflective 23%
hopeful 19%
relaxing 4%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 30%
fast 20%

Average rating

3.82

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