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Description:One of the most renowned sailing captains of his time, Joshua Slocum was born by the sea and spent most of his life on it. He took his bride aboard ship with him, and they even raised their children there. But as the nineteenth century drew to a close, Captain Slocum found that his skills were no longer in demand. Gas, steam, and electricity were powering transportation, not wind. In 1895, now a widower in his fifties, he set off on the Spray, an old sloop that he had rebuilt plank by plank. He planned to sail around the world all alone. No one had ever done this before, and some said no one ever would.Here is a true and triumphant story, gracefully written and splendidly illustrated.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Born In The Breezes: The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum. To get started finding Born In The Breezes: The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: One of the most renowned sailing captains of his time, Joshua Slocum was born by the sea and spent most of his life on it. He took his bride aboard ship with him, and they even raised their children there. But as the nineteenth century drew to a close, Captain Slocum found that his skills were no longer in demand. Gas, steam, and electricity were powering transportation, not wind. In 1895, now a widower in his fifties, he set off on the Spray, an old sloop that he had rebuilt plank by plank. He planned to sail around the world all alone. No one had ever done this before, and some said no one ever would.Here is a true and triumphant story, gracefully written and splendidly illustrated.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Born In The Breezes: The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum. To get started finding Born In The Breezes: The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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