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In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the Spray, a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, made him internationally famous. But scandal soon followed, and a decade later, with his finances failing, he set off alone once morenever to be seen again.
In this definitive portrait of an icon of adventure, Geoffrey Wolff describes, with authority and admiration, a life that would see hurricanes, shipwrecks, pirate attacks, cholera, smallpox, and no shortage of personal tragedy.
著者について
Geoffrey Wolff is the author of five works of nonfiction and six novels. In 1994 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Bath, Maine.
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The Life of an Adventurous Seaman
2010/9/28
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Joshua Slocum was world famous in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a man whose voyages and writings proved to be an inspiration for mariners and travelers alike.
I wasn't familiar with the man but chose this particular book because my own great grandfather started as a lowly seaman in the British Merchant Marines during the 1800s. He also rose through the ranks to become a master mariner. As it turned out, I really enjoyed it because of Mr. Wolff's excellent research into the life of the adventurous seaman who, in 1895, topped his career by being the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo in a small and perhaps not-particularly-safe sailing boat. Sadly, little more than ten years later, in the very same craft, Slocum disappeared into the blue never to be seen again.
The author first shows us the hardscrabble life of Slocum's boyhood on a cold mountain farm in New Brunswick, Canada. His father, a self-righteous Methodist deacon, was a harsh man who required obedience and showed little affection. At the age of ten, Joshua was forced to work in a boot shop where he toiled ten hours a day "pickling" leather. Sick of both the smells and the tedium, he ran off to sea at the age of thirteen only to be returned by his irate father for one more severe thrashing and another three years in the boot factory.
Eventually he was able to realize his dream and in spite of the drudgery that life as a lowly seaman afforded, he knew it was the career for him. Because of his zeal, his rise to the top was meteoric. His descriptions of life aboard a sailing ship for a young mariner provides insights into the requirements of becoming a master mariner and gave me new respect for my ancestor. I also learned where the expression to "know the ropes" comes from.
I'm not sure how interesting this book would be to anyone who doesn't fancy the smell of ozone but if the sea siren calls, you will find it fascinating. I'm an adventurer at heart and have been privileged to round Cape Horn and sail several of earth's "seven seas." As a lover of ocean travel, I found this man's life story told by a skilled biographer captivating. Although it's not something one can digest in a few hours. It's more a book to be savoured over time.
I wasn't familiar with the man but chose this particular book because my own great grandfather started as a lowly seaman in the British Merchant Marines during the 1800s. He also rose through the ranks to become a master mariner. As it turned out, I really enjoyed it because of Mr. Wolff's excellent research into the life of the adventurous seaman who, in 1895, topped his career by being the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo in a small and perhaps not-particularly-safe sailing boat. Sadly, little more than ten years later, in the very same craft, Slocum disappeared into the blue never to be seen again.
The author first shows us the hardscrabble life of Slocum's boyhood on a cold mountain farm in New Brunswick, Canada. His father, a self-righteous Methodist deacon, was a harsh man who required obedience and showed little affection. At the age of ten, Joshua was forced to work in a boot shop where he toiled ten hours a day "pickling" leather. Sick of both the smells and the tedium, he ran off to sea at the age of thirteen only to be returned by his irate father for one more severe thrashing and another three years in the boot factory.
Eventually he was able to realize his dream and in spite of the drudgery that life as a lowly seaman afforded, he knew it was the career for him. Because of his zeal, his rise to the top was meteoric. His descriptions of life aboard a sailing ship for a young mariner provides insights into the requirements of becoming a master mariner and gave me new respect for my ancestor. I also learned where the expression to "know the ropes" comes from.
I'm not sure how interesting this book would be to anyone who doesn't fancy the smell of ozone but if the sea siren calls, you will find it fascinating. I'm an adventurer at heart and have been privileged to round Cape Horn and sail several of earth's "seven seas." As a lover of ocean travel, I found this man's life story told by a skilled biographer captivating. Although it's not something one can digest in a few hours. It's more a book to be savoured over time.
11 人中、11人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Charming chronicle
2010/10/17
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"The Hard Way Around," chronicles the story of a complex man, Captain Joshua Slocum, who traveled around the world multiple times, later wrote his own narratives of his journeys, and became a successful public speaker. All this, amazingly enough, from someone who couldn't swim a stroke.
To say that Captain Slocum led an eventful life is a massive understatement. Born near the Bay of Fundy, he left school at the tender age of ten (at his father's wish) to work in a boot shop in Dickensian conditions. Attempts to escape, both through building a model ship and signing on as a cook, met with failure and punishment by dad. A few years later, however, he took to the seas again, and by nineteen, had achieved the rank of first mate. As the author makes clear, this is quite an achievement.
From there, Slocum continued to explore the world. Although most ordinary crew members couldn't read or write, being a sea captain required literacy, knowledge of Euclidean geometry, trigonometry, advanced algebra, as well as knowledge of various languages, customs and law. He survived various illnesses and injuries; dealt with mutiny, weathered the deaths of his spouse and children; plus many other adventures, including a trial for attempted murder, and a fateful final voyage.
The author's introduction to his subject came fifty years ago from a friend who recommended Slocum's "Sailing Around the World," as a "pretty good story." In "The Hard Way Around" he does masterful and often poetic justice to his topic.
To say that Captain Slocum led an eventful life is a massive understatement. Born near the Bay of Fundy, he left school at the tender age of ten (at his father's wish) to work in a boot shop in Dickensian conditions. Attempts to escape, both through building a model ship and signing on as a cook, met with failure and punishment by dad. A few years later, however, he took to the seas again, and by nineteen, had achieved the rank of first mate. As the author makes clear, this is quite an achievement.
From there, Slocum continued to explore the world. Although most ordinary crew members couldn't read or write, being a sea captain required literacy, knowledge of Euclidean geometry, trigonometry, advanced algebra, as well as knowledge of various languages, customs and law. He survived various illnesses and injuries; dealt with mutiny, weathered the deaths of his spouse and children; plus many other adventures, including a trial for attempted murder, and a fateful final voyage.
The author's introduction to his subject came fifty years ago from a friend who recommended Slocum's "Sailing Around the World," as a "pretty good story." In "The Hard Way Around" he does masterful and often poetic justice to his topic.
6 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
An amazing story of what it was like at the end of the sailing era
2010/10/3
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An amazing story of what it was like at the end of the sailing era -- the late 1800s. Joshua Slocum was a self made man, tough, loved his family, friendly and liked by many, but hated by a few. He was a noted author and lecturer telling the stories of his adventures that took him and his family through the perils of sailing through stormy seas and the trials of success and failures as a business man in a world of sails.
Joshua Slocum was the first to solo circumnavigate the world, sailing 46,000 miles in three years, two months and two days, arriving back at his home port on June 27, 1898, from where he started out when he was 51 years old in a 37 foot craft which he built himself.
He is said to be the greatest American sailor. A proven navigational genius having a formal education that ended at the third grade. He was self taught in the art of lunar navigation and dead reckoning; this skill enabled him to accomplish his goal -- a record that stood for 25 years. The author keeps the reader's attention telling how Slocum moved through his career from the age of 13, taking his first command at age 25, and 12 years later becoming a part owner and captain of one of the great American built clipper ships. Slocum's life story, as told by Geoffrey Wolff, engulfs the reader in the stormy seas and the trials of life that were faced by a sea going captain and his family, at end of the era of sails.
Joshua Slocum was the first to solo circumnavigate the world, sailing 46,000 miles in three years, two months and two days, arriving back at his home port on June 27, 1898, from where he started out when he was 51 years old in a 37 foot craft which he built himself.
He is said to be the greatest American sailor. A proven navigational genius having a formal education that ended at the third grade. He was self taught in the art of lunar navigation and dead reckoning; this skill enabled him to accomplish his goal -- a record that stood for 25 years. The author keeps the reader's attention telling how Slocum moved through his career from the age of 13, taking his first command at age 25, and 12 years later becoming a part owner and captain of one of the great American built clipper ships. Slocum's life story, as told by Geoffrey Wolff, engulfs the reader in the stormy seas and the trials of life that were faced by a sea going captain and his family, at end of the era of sails.
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