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English
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Joshsua Slocum spent a lifetime at sea. He ran away from his Nova Scotia home at the age of fourteen and for the next thirty-five years he sailed the world holding every shipboard rank. When a ship under his command was wrecked on the coast of Brazil in 1887, it seemed that his maritime career had ended in disgrace. Not one for retiring to earthly pastures, Slocum rebuilt a hundred- year-old sloop and set off for Boston in 1895 on the first single-handed...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
4) Spray
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
At home with the wind and the sea, Justin sails his dory across the harbor and suddenly finds himself in the company of the legendary Captain Slocum aboard the Spray.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 710L
Language
English
Description
Fictionalized accounts of the true stories of three people who made separate attempts to travel around the world in the late nineteenth century, including Thomas Stevens, who made the journey on a bicycle, reporter Nellie Bly, who used conventional methods of travel, and sea captain Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail around the world alone.
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