CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM (384 pp.)—Victor Slocum—Sheridan House ($5). Nobody else wanted the old sloop; for years she had been propped up and rotting away in a meadow not far from salt water. But lean, ...

is barely 200 pages, a surprisingly short take in an era of doorstop biographies. "I wanted it to be even shorter," Wolff said during a visit to Portland last week. "I'm tired of long, long ...

ACUSHNET — Writer and historian Stan Grayson will appear at 1 p.m. Saturday the Acushnet Public Library to discuss his book, "A Man for All Oceans, Captain Joshua Slocum and the first solo voyage ...

FAIRHAVEN — He’s the first man to have sailed around the world solo, but sadly, never returned from his final voyage. It’s what you do while you are alive that leaves a mark on the world, and Capt.

"The DeVinne Press"--Verso of t.p. A sailing memoir, first published in serial form in 1899 (The Century Magazine) about Slocum's single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. The ...