Fiction, Sports & Adventure Biography, Boating & Sailing, Ships & Shipbuilding, Boating & Sailing, Sports & Adventure Biography
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Overview
In a daring six-year voyage by sail, Tristan Jones traveled from the Dead Sea, the lowest body of water in the world, to the Andes Mountains and Lake Titicac, the highest -- an epic and singular journey of exploration and discovery.Along the way he was thrown in jail, attacked by Arabs, rescued by Ethiopians, nearly killed by a rat, saved by a crocodile. He found a desolate island off Colombia, full of political prisoners. In Cartagena, it was drug dealers, in Zanzibar assassins...and thieves almost everywhere.
"Lusty, rough, full of comic interludes as well as harrowing ones...high tales...exotic scenes...historical insights...a unique chronicle." (The Wall Street Journal)
Synopsis
The author set himself the task of conquering 'the vertical sailing record of the world'. He determined to sail his small craft on the lowest body of water in the world, the Dead Sea, and also the highest, Lake Titicaca in the Andes.Editorials
Caribbean Compass
...well-told, embellished not only with hyperbole and idiosyncratic opinion, but with history, philosophy, even poetry....Romance is another word I would use: love of the sea, adventure, excitement, and he our errant knight, a direct descendant of Captain Ahab and Joshua Slocum. This gripping sea yarn is at once a riveting adventure story and a testament to human tenacity. In a salty, slashing style, he unfolds his extraordinary saga, revealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit.The Ensign
"There's no better [Jones] book to start with than this one...It's a fantastic read. Don't miss it."Book Details
Published
October 1, 1981
Publisher
Charnwood
Pages
558
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780708980026