A review by ryanjjames
Sailing Alone Around The World by Joshua Slocum

3.0

Slocum was the first to sail solo around the world. It took him 3 years and 2 months in the late 1890's on his sloop the Spray. As cool as the adventure part of the story was, it was also interesting to read about the various customs when Slocum arrived in port. Long gone are the days when local dignitaries would roll out the red carpet to host a traveller. The linkages to other notable historical events was also intriguing, such as Captain Cook and Robinson Crusoe. Overall 3 stars as I couldn't follow some of the technical parts of the story. I also was frequently looking up ports of call on google maps to sort out his route.