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I�m almost halfway through Wolff�s �The Hard Way Around,� which I just got for Christmas. And I agree 100% with Frank�s excellent book review of it.

I�ll just add that, as I recall from my reading Slocum�s �Sailing Alone �,� old Josh wrote that he hit the Marguesas dead on with just one lunar (as Frank said) after several days without any sights. Knowing what I do about lunar accuracy, reading this made me think that here�s a bit a literary license, extreme luck, or outright self promotion �- like writing that he set out to sail the world with all his celestial navigation skill, but choosing to take only a cheap clock without a minute hand.

But putting that aside, Slocum was quite a guy, leading one heck of an interesting life. And Wolff presents a great picturing of what it must have been like. Now I�m encouraged to read more of Slocum�s books, plus his son Victor�s books �- now let�s not see run on them at Amazon�.

JK

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