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Beautifully produced, with a Foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur,
specially commissioned maps and atmospheric line drawings, this is
a classic edition of one of the greatest sea adventures of all
time. Joshua Slocum's epic solo voyage around the world in 1895
aboard the 37 foot sloop Spray remains one of the major feats of
singlehanded voyaging, and has since been the inspiration for the
many who have gone to sea in small boats. Starting from Boston in
1895, by the time he dropped anchor in Newport, Rhode Island over
three years after his journey began, he had cruised some 46,000
miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. With none of the
advantages of modern technology, Slocum faced fog, gales, gear
failure, coral reefs and attacks by pirates. He also devised his
own system of lashing the wheel into an early version of the modern
day autopilot, which enabled him to sail 2,000 miles across the
Pacific without once touching the helm. Slocum published his
account of the voyage in 1900, and the book was an immediate
success. Sailing Alone Around the World is a classic of sailing
literature, acclaimed as an unequalled masterpiece of vital yet
disciplined prose. It will be welcomed by all admirers of his
legendary achievement.
Classic of sea adventure conveys all the excitement of being the first man to sail around the world, alone, in small boat. Pirates, perils, witty observations, stories. 67 illustrations. "...a literary gem, adroitly and engagingly written."-National Fisherman.
Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts
of corruption and abuse in the death industry, not much has
improved. Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and
services they don't need or want. Prepaid funeral money vanishes
into thin air. Body parts are sold on the black market. Eight
states force families to pay a funeral director even if they
conduct a home funeral with no need for help. But a consumer
movement is no awakening, and Americans are asserting their rights
over a key part of life, just as they did in the past with the
natural childbirth and hospice movements. The two most prominent
leaders of that movement are the authors of this book: Joshua
Slocum, executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, and Lisa
Carlson, executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization. Here
they join forces to expose wrongdoing, inform consumers of their
rights, and propose legal reforms. The book includes state-by-state
summaries of laws, regulations, services, and consumer concerns.
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