The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories Caswell Christopher
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories Caswell Christopher For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure…
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The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories Caswell Christopher
For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers.
But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean; Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. You'll also find William F.
Buckley Jr. on idyllic cruising; James Thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; the legendary Joshua Slocum on sailing alone around the world. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told is a