The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories
For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean; Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. You'll also find William F. Buckley Jr. on idyllic cruising; James Thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; the legendary Joshua Slocum on sailing alone around the world.
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told is a treasure trove: tears, adrenaline, laughter, and adventure abound. With contributions from:
- James Thurber -William F. Buckley Jr. - Ann Davison - Sterling Hayden - Ernest Shackleton - Tristan Jones - Samuel Eliot Morrison - Joshua Slocum - E. B. White - C. S. Forester - Cleveland Amory - Weston Martyr - Peter Goss - David Kasanof
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories Accessories
 Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die: Sailing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing
Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Sailing
Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas--winner of the 2006 US Maritime Literature Award
Sailing Alone around the World (Penguin Classics)
Sailing the Dream
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Third Edition, Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated
How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail
Close to the Wind
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories Reviews
This collection is hard to beatit represents a broad cross-section of authors and provides enough sailing yarns to relate around the barbie for months to come.
As a one-time sailor, I was taken back to the "old days" by many of these stories. Some are humourous, some awe inspiring, but I think most would be enjoyed by mariner and landlubber alike.
Sure there are some good ones (Like en excerpt from Pete Goss's book) but the continuity in the book totally lacks - and I haven't even finished the book yet after 4 months - and I love sailing books - normally cannot put them down if they are well written. Seems like the selection proccess of stopries was more what the publisher could get (probably cheap) than a good selection of really good stories.
A broad selection of sea stories you have probably already read some of them combined as a collection of short stories. An enjoyable addition to an onboard library.
Very enjoyable. a nice intro to many different authors. The greatest.
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