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The Voyage of the Liberdade
Written by Joshua Slocum
Narrated by Andre Stojka
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About this audiobook
A tall ship if trapped on a sandvar in 1885, broadsided by heavy seas and doomed to destruction and break-up on a lonely Brazilian beach. This is just the beginning of an incredible sea adventure by a North American sea Captain, his wife and two sons. To returnm his family to saftey, Captain Slocum builds a new boat our of the wreckage of the old. He sails his family along the perilous ocean of the South American coast, crosses the Caribbean Sea and navigates up the cost of the United States to Washington, D.C.. "The Voyage of the Liberdade" is a first person telling of this exciting true adventure. This recording includes two additional adventures written by Captain Slocumn: "Rescueof some Gilbert Islanders" who were lost at sea and "The Voyage of the Destroyer. The Listen2Read American Adventure Library is a series of historic first person acounts of extraordinary adventures by Americans orvisitors to America. The entire series can be previewed at Listen2Read.com
Author
Joshua Slocum
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. An international bestseller, Sailing Alone Around the World was a critical success upon its publication in 1900. Slocum enjoyed widespread fame in the English-speaking world, including an invitation to speak at a dinner in honor of Mark Twain, until his disappearance while aboard his boat the Spray in 1909. At the time, it was believed his boat had been run down by a steamer or struck by a whale, however it was later determined that the Spray could also have easily capsized. Despite a lifetime at sea, Slocum never learned to swim. He was declared legally dead in 1924.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There's a reason this book isn't as well-known as Slocum's excellent Sailing Alone around the World; it just isn't as interesting. After being shipwrecked in Brazil, Slocum builds what he calls a "canoe" (a small sailboat" to sail home with his family.) The shipwreck itself is only about halfway through this very short book, and much of the actual voyage of the Liberdade is just a series of dates and ports. There's certainly no reason to avoid it, but it's not nearly as good as Sailing Alone around the World.