A world of my own

著者

• Knox-Johnston, Robin

書誌事項

A world of my own

Robin Knox-Johnston

W.W. Norton, 1992 printing, c1969

注記

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1970

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Originally published in 1970, Robin Knox-Johnston's A World of My Own has become a treasured classic - the dramatic account of the first nonstop, single-handed voyage around the world, for which Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe trophy. On June 14, 1968, Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbor while Knox-Johnston's family and a few friends waved goodbye to the solitary twenty-nine-year-old figure at the helm. His was an incredible adventure, a feat of endeavor and seamanship which will be unsurpassed and unforgotten. Sheer determination helped him survive every imaginable difficulty: Several knockdowns in the Southern Ocean, the disintegration of the self-steering system, polluted water tanks and acid burns were among the numerous setbacks he encountered even before reaching Cape Horn, the fearsome test of any seaman's nerve. Written from diaries and logbooks kept throughout the voyage, A World of My Own is a gripping, startling, and moving account of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA78135395
• ISBN:
  • 039302900X
• LCCN: 92026351
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 240 p., [8] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : G420.K58
  • DC20 : 910.4/5
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Knox-Johnston, Robin
  • LCSH : Suahili (Ketch)
  • LCSH : Voyages around the world
  • LCSH : Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969)