"“Few books send forth such a tangy breeze of salt air.” --Oceanography As the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, Captain Joshua Slocum is celebrated as the “patron saint of small-boat voyagers, navigators, and adventurers all over the world” (Joshua Slocum Society), and heralded as the penultimate example of independent marine navigation at a time when the invention of steam had nearly put an end to the Golden Age of Sail ..."
""The classic of its kind." —Travel World"One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure." —Sports Illustrated"The finest single-handed adventure story yet written." —SeafarerChallenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out in April of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later, the proof was ..."
David Grayson Omnibus "Adventures in Contentment," "Adventures in Friendship," and "The Friendly Road" by David Grayson, ThomasFogarty Paperback, 450 Pages, Published 2011 by Wildside Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4344-1860-9, ISBN: 1-4344-1860-X
"David Grayson was the pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946), journalist and author. He edited several magazines, and was President Woodrow Wilson's press secretary at the Versailles peace negotiations."
""Simmins," he said sadly, "you mustn't pull that stuff on me; you really mustn't. You see, I'm on. I'd like to help you save your face, you poor nut; but I'm not going to do it if you try to bluff me. I know it's hard: you've got the habit. But why try it on a ..."
"The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. Joshua 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 Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world’s great circumnaviga ..."
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"A nice illustrated edition honoring the 125th anniversary of Joshua Slocum's voyage around the world.Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. Our version has:A cover based on the first edition dust jacket.66 original illustrations.The complete, unabridged text.Appendix with plans of the sloop Spray.Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about his single-handed global circu ..."
Great Possessions(Updated) A New Series of Adventures by David Grayson, ThomasFogarty Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1990 by Primer Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-55838-114-8, ISBN: 1-55838-114-7
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"First published in 1900, “Sailing Alone Around the World” is the detailed account of how Joshua Slocum would become the first person to circumnavigate the globe by himself. Aboard a sloop named the ‘Spray’, which Slocum himself rebuilt and refitted, he would depart from Boston on April, 24th, 1895 on this remarkable journey. Over the course of the next three years the boat would take him to Gloucester, Nova Scotia, Azores, Gibraltar, Mo ..."
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On Tiptoe A Romance of the Redwoods (Paperback) by Stewart Edward White, ThomasFogarty Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Palala Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-377-86077-0, ISBN: 1-377-86077-9
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"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
On Tiptoe A Romance of the Redwoods (Hardback) by Stewart Edward White, ThomasFogarty Hardcover, Published 2015 by Palala Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-341-39501-7, ISBN: 1-341-39501-4
"1910. David Grayson (pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker), American author, began as a Chicago newspaper reporter, then joined the staff of McClure's Magazine for which he wrote some famous muckraking articles. The first book of quiet country sketches by David Grayson, Adventures in Contentment, appeared in 1907. He won the Pulitzer Prize for the last two volumes of his authoritative biography of Woodrow Wilson. This volume contains more co ..."