Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail by Joshua Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail

Joshua Slocum

200 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced

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This book is widely regarded a classic of sailing literature because it is an account written by the sailor who made the first solo navigation of the globe under sail. A biography of Joshua Slocum would make riveting reading in its own right, for ...

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Moods

adventurous 80%
inspiring 65%
informative 60%
funny 30%
lighthearted 30%
reflective 25%
hopeful 15%
relaxing 5%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 30%
fast 20%

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