Joshua Slocum: The Captain Who Sailed Around the World

by Quentin Casey

Book Overview

The newest title in the Stories of our Past series tells the tale of the Brier Island boy who went to sea at sixteen and never looked back. The first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, Captain Joshua Slocum has remained a nautical icon since the publication of Sailing Alone Around the World in 1900.

In Joshua Slocum, journalist Quentin Casey takes readers from the treasured sea captain's humble upbringing on Westport,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771081422
• ISBN13: 9781771081429
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"