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Free read Sailing Alone Around the World, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics) 107 Joshua Slocum is believed to be the first man to sail single handedly around the world After a distinguished nautical career during which he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil Turning this catastrophe to his advantage he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York Moreover he wrote Voyage of the Liberdade a ch. This is a classic story so entertainingly written by Captain Slocum himself of as heroic an accomplishment as Sir Edmund Hillory s first assent of Mt Everest or Captain Bird s first conuest of the South Pole Even so as Captain Slocum accomplished his task completely alone I reread this book every few years and each time I do so I appreciate it I buy this book for friends I heartily recommend it