Tristan Jones was one of the most prolific and best-loved authors of sailing stories. A Welshman, he left school at age 14 to work on sailing barges and spent the rest of his life at sea--in the Royal Navy, as a delivery skipper, and as a daring adventurer in search of new seagoing challenges. Jones wrote 16 books, including Encounters of a Wayward Sailor published by Sheridan House.
Description
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part One: To Strive
1: A Brave Concept
2: The Beleaguered Land
3: The Dead Sea
4: The Hostile Se
5: Running the Gauntlet
6: An Alien WInd
7: Ethiopian Interlude
8: Gate of Tears
9: Meadows of Gold
10: Islands Forbidden and Forgotten
11: Indian Ocean Paradise
Part Two: To Seek
12: A Round of Cyclones
13: The Crystal Coast
14: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
15: Round the Cape of Good Hope
16: Another Ocean Crossing
17: A Good Run Ashore
18: The Amazing Amazon
19: Hard Times
20: Bloody but Unbowed
21: Penal Paradise
22: West Indies Peepshow
Part Three: To Find
23: Of Cabbage and Kings
24: Colombia--In and Out
25: A Forgotten Colony
26: Small Boat: Big DItch
27: Straining the Leash
28: A Near Disaster
29: A Real-Life Devils Island
30: Against the Humboldt
31: Harking Back a Bit
32: Callao!
33: Kindred Spirits
34: A Splendid Reception
35: Among th Condors
36: Another Year: Another World
37: Where Angels Fear to Tread
38: The Floating Islands
39: Sailing on the Roof of the World
40: The Island of the Sun
41: Another Splendid Reception
42: Strange Encounters
43: Dances and Skeletons
44: A Trip to Town
45: Touch and Go
Part Four: And Not to Yield
46: A Race Against Nature
47: High Comedy
48: Through the Clouds
49: Out of the Frying Pan
50: Into the Fire!
51: The Green Hell
52: The Valley of the Shadows
53: Beside the Green Pastures
54: The Crucified Land
55: Where the Ocean Meets the Pampas
56: El Supremo
57: The Wild Paraná
58: Some Bottle! Some Cork!
59: Triumph--and Disaster
Postscript
Appendix
...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.
— Caribbean Compass
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— The Ensign