Books By and About Joshua Slocum

The main part of this list from the Library of Congress.
Note that there are many editions of some of the titles. This is only a partial list of what exists in the world. Sailing Alone Around the World has been published many times, and probably has been in print longer than many literary classics.

Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Voyage of the Liberdade.
Published:     New York, Arno Press, 1967.
Description:   vii, 158 p. illus., ports. 19 cm.
Series:        The Abercrombie & Fitch library
LC Call No.:   G530.L62 1967
Dewey No.:     910.4/5
Notes:         Reprint of the 1894 ed.
Subjects:      Voyages and travels.
               Liberdade (Ship)
Control No.:   67029252 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Voyage of the Liberdade / Joshua Slocum.
Published:     Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1998.
Description:   viii, 118 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
LC Call No.:   G530.L61S56 1998
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 21
ISBN:          0486400220 (pbk.)
Notes:         "An unabridged republication of the work first
                  published by Robinson & Stephenson of Boston in 1890"--T.p.
                  verso.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844 -- Journeys.
               Liberdade (Ship)
               Voyages and travels.
Control No.:   97043864 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Around the world in the sloop Spray - a geographical 
               reader describing Captain Slocum's voyage alone 
               around the world.
Published:     New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1903.
Description:   xiii, 215 p. front. (port.) 10 pl., Plan, fold. map 19 cm.
LC Call No:    G440.S63 
LCCN:          03-16723 
Notes:         An abridged edition for the use of schools. 

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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Sailing alone around the world / captain Joshua
                  Slocum ; illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian ;
                  edited with an introduction and notes by Thomas Philbrick.
Published:     New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
Description:   xli, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Series:        Penguin classics
LC Call No.:   G440.S63S56 1999
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 21
ISBN:          0140437363
Notes:         Originally published: New York : The Century Co.,
                  1900.
               Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  xxxvii-xxxviii).
Subjects:      Voyages around the world
Other authors: Fogarty, Thomas, 1873-1938.
               Varian, George.
               Philbin, Tom, 1934-
Control No.:   98048588 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Sailing alone around the world / Joshua Slocum.
Edition:       1st Adventure Library ed.
Published:     Purdys, N.Y. : Adventure Library, 1995.
Description:   xxvii, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
LC Call No.:   G440.S63S56 1995
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 20
ISBN:          1885283040
Notes:         Originally published: New York : Century Co.,
                  1900. With new introd.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Voyages around the world.
               Sailing, Single-handed.
Control No.:   95060360 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua.
Title:         Sailing alone around the world / Joshua Slocum.
Published:     West Dennis, MA : Peninsula Press, 1995.
Description:   p. cm.
LC Call No.:   9504 BOOK NOT YET IN LC
ISBN:          1883684064
               1883684056 (pbk.)
Control No.:   95067094 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         Sailing alone around the world / by Joshua Slocum
                  ; with an introduction by Robert W. McNitt.
Published:     Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1985.
Description:   xxvii, 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series:        Classics of naval literature
LC Call No.:   G440.S63S56 1985
Dewey No.:     910.4/1 19
ISBN:          0870215825 : $16.95
Notes:         Reprint. Originally published: New York :
                  Century, 1899.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Voyages around the world.
               Sailing, Single-handed.
Control No.:   85004940 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua.
Title:         Sailing alone around the world / Joshua Slocum.
Published:     West Dennis, MA : Peninsula Press, 1995.
Description:   p. cm.
LC Call No.:   9504 BOOK NOT YET IN LC
ISBN:          1883684064
               1883684056 (pbk.)
Control No.:   95067094 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua.
Title:         Voyage around the Horn / Joshua Slocum.
Published:     London : Phoenix, 1995.
Description:   59 P.
Series:        Phoenix
ISBN:          1857996372
Notes:         Attn: Excerpt from original work already in
                  L.C.95-60360
Control No.:   96159512 
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Author:        Teller, Walter Magnes.
Title:         Joshua Slocum [by] Walter Teller.
Edition:       [Extensively rev. and augm. ed.]
Published:     New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press
                  [1971]
Description:   xviii, 253 p. illus. 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   VK140.S6T4 1971
Dewey No.:     910.4/1 B
ISBN:          0813507006
Notes:         1956 ed. published under title: The search for
                  Captain Slocum.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Control No.:   71163954 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         The voyages of Joshua Slocum / collected and
                  introduced by Walter Magnes Teller.
Edition:       2nd ed.
Published:     Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Sheridan House, 1985.
Description:   ix, 401 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   G530.S64S58 1985
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 19
ISBN:          0911378553 : $22.50
Notes:         "A check list of published work of Captain Joshua
                  Slocum"--P. 393-395.
               Bibliography: p. 400-401.
               Voyage of the Liberdade -- Voyage of the
                  Destroyer from New York to Brazil -- Sailing alone around the
                  world -- Rescue of some Gilbert Islanders.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Voyages and travels.
Other authors: Teller, Walter Magnes.
Control No.:   85002052 
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Author:        Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Title:         The voyages of Joshua Slocum / collected and
                  introduced by Walter Magnes Teller.
Edition:       Special anniversary ed., reissued 1995.
Published:     Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 1995.
Description:   ix, 401 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   G530.S64S58 1995
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 20
ISBN:          0911378553
Notes:         "Voyage of the Destroyer from New York to Brazil,
                  Sailing alone around the world, Rescue of some Gilbert
                  Islanders."
               "A check list of published work of Captain Joshua
                  Slocum"--P. 393-395.
               Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  400-401).
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844. -- Journeys.
               Voyages and travels.
Other authors: Teller, Walter Magnes.
Control No.:   95142126 
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Author:        Slocum, Victor.
Title:         Capt. Joshua Slocum : the life and voyages of
                  America's best known sailor / by Victor Slocum.
Published:     New York : Sheridan House, 1981, c1950.
Description:   384 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   VK140.S6S6 1981
Dewey No.:     910/.92/4 B 19
ISBN:          0911378049 : $16.50
Notes:         Reprint of the 1972 ed.
               Includes index.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Voyages and travels.
               Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
Control No.:   80028525 //r94
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Author:        Blondin, Robert.
Title:         the Solitary Slocum / Robert Blondin. 
                translated by Hedley King.
Published:     Halifax, Nova Scotia, c1992.
Description:   408 p. ; 23 cm.
LC Call No.:   PS8553.L66S4613  C843.54
ISBN:          1-55109-002-3 hardcover
               1-55109-026-0 softcover
Other titles:  Sept degrés de solitude ouest.
Control No.:   C92-098510-6 
    (Note: depending on what information you credit
     this is either biography or biographical fiction.)
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Author:        Spencer, Ann, 1955-
Title:         Alone at sea : the adventures of Joshua Slocum /
                  Ann Spencer.
Published:     Toronto, Ont. : Doubleday Canada, 1998.
Description:   xiv, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   IN PROCESS (COPIED) (lccopycat)
ISBN:          0385257201
Notes:         "Published in cooperation with the Old Dartmouth
                  Historical Society, New Bedford Whaling Museum."
               Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Sailors -- Canada -- Biography.
               Voyages around the world.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Sailing, Single-handed.
Other authors: Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford,
                  Mass.)
               New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Control No.:   99182404 
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Author:        Fortman, Janis L., 1949-
Title:         First to sail the world alone, Joshua Slocum / by
                  Jan Fortman ; illustrated by Gerald Smith.
Published:     New York : C.P.I., c1978.
Description:   48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   G440.S63F67
Dewey No.:     910/.41/0924 B
ISBN:          0895470543 : $5.58
Notes:         Describes the voyage of Capt. Joshua Slocum, a
                  51-year-old sailor, who in 1895 became the first man to sail
                  around the world alone in a 37-foot sloop that he rebuilt by
                  hand.
Subjects:      Voyages around the world -- Juvenile literature.
               Spray (Sloop) -- Juvenile literature.
               Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844 -- Juvenile literature.
               Voyages around the world.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
Other authors: Smith, G. L. (Gerald L.)
Control No.:   78013720 /AC/r95
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Author:        Lopes, Myra A.
Title:         Captain Slocum's life before and after The Spray
                  / by Myra A. Lopes.
Published:     [New Bedford, MA] : RPI Graphics, c1997.
Description:   21, [2] p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
LC Call No.:   G440.S63L67 1997
Dewey No.:     910/.92 B 21
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p. [23]).
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Voyages around the world.
               Sailing, Single-handed.
Control No.:   98119895 
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Author:        Lopes, Myra A.
Title:         Captain Joshua Slocum : a centennial tribute / by
                  Myra A. Lopes.
Published:     [S.l.] : RPI, c1994.
Description:   138, [1] p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
LC Call No.:   G440.S63L66 1994
Dewey No.:     910.4/5 20
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]).
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Spray (Sloop)
               Voyages around the world.
               Single-handed sailing.
Control No.:   95116549 
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Author:        Schult, Joachim.
Title:         Joshua Slocum, Vater der Einhandsegler : d. 1.
                Transozeanfahrt im Jahre 1888 in seiner selbsterbauten
                "Liberdade" u. d. 1. Einhand-Weltumseglung von 1895-1898 in
                d. berühmten "Spray" / Joachim Schult.
Published:     Oldenburg ; Hamburg : Stalling, 1977.
Description:   155 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Series:        Blauwasser-Segler ; 6
LC Call No.:   VK140.S6S3
Dewey No.:     910/.41/0924 B
ISBN:          3797918844
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
               Voyages around the world.
               Liberdade (Ship)
               Spray (Sloop)
Control No.:   78368162 //r94
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Author:        Clark, James I.
Title:         Three years on the ocean / James I. Clark ;
                  illustrated by Joe Van Severen.
Published:     Milwaukee : Raintree Publishers, c1980.
Description:   44 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   G440.S63C54
Dewey No.:     910/.41
ISBN:          0817215727 (lib. bdg.) : $7.99
Notes:         An account of 52-year-old Joshua Slocum's
                adventurous 46,000-mile trip around the world in a 36-foot
                sailboat.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844 -- Juvenile literature.
               Voyages around the world -- Juvenile literature.
               Sailors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile
                  literature.
               Spray (Sloop) -- Juvenile literature.
               Voyages around the world.
               Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Spray (Sloop)
Other authors: Van Severen, Joe.
Control No.:   79021873 /AC/r962
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Title:         Great voyages in small boats : solo
                  circumnavigations.
Published:     Clinton Corners, N.Y. : J. de Graff, 1976.
Description:   516 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   G419.G73 1976
Dewey No.:     910/.41
ISBN:          0828600791 : $15.00
Notes:         Guzzwell, J. Trekka round the world.--Dumas, V.
                Alone through the roaring forties.--Slocum, J. Sailing alone
                around the world.
Subjects:      Voyages around the world.
Other authors: Guzzwell, John. Trekka round the world. 1976.
               Dumas, Vito. Alone through the roaring forties.
                  1976.
               Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844. Sailing alone around the
                  world. 1976.
Control No.:   76024261 
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----- Slocum's boat ------
Author:        Roberts-Goodson, R. Bruce.
Title:         Spray : the ultimate cruising boat / R. Bruce
                  Roberts-Goodson.
Published:     Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 1995.
Description:   viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
LC Call No.:   GV822.S62R63 1995
Dewey No.:     797.1/24 20
ISBN:          0924486872 : $29.95
Notes:         Includes index.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               Spray (Replica sloop)
               Sailing, Single-handed.
Control No.:   95001495 
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Author:        Slack, Kenneth E.
Title:         In the Wake of the Spray / Ken Slack.
Published:     New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 1966.
Description    274 p. 3 plans, 25 illustrations
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844
               Spray (sloop)
               Complete analysis if the design and performance of
               Slocum's fameous vessel, and a history of the many
               copies inspired by her.

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Author:        Slack, Kenneth E.
Title:         In the Wake of the Spray / Ken Slack.
Published:     Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 1981.
Description:   274 p. plans, ill.
               (reprint of the 1966 edition.)

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Author:        Blake, Robert J.
Title:         Spray / Robert J. Blake.
Published:     New York : Philomel Books, c1996.
Description:   1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
LC Call No.:   PZ7.B564Sp 1996
Dewey No.:     [Fic] 20
ISBN:          0399227709 : $15.95
Notes:         At home with the wind and the sea, Justin sails
                his dory across the harbor and suddenly finds himself in the
                company of the legendary Captain Slocum aboard the Spray.
Subjects:      Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844 -- Juvenile fiction.
               Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844 -- Fiction.
               Spray (Sloop) -- Fiction.
               Sailing -- Fiction.
Control No.:   94032514 /AC
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---- Correspondence - papers etc. ------------
Author:        Gleaves, Albert, 1858-1937.
Title:         Papers of Albert Gleaves, 1803-1946.
Description:   6000 items.
               21 containers.
               10 linear ft.
LC Call No.:   0535D
Notes:         Naval officer and historian.
               Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches,
                articles, books, scrapbooks, reports of the Asiatic Fleet,
                notebooks, photos, newspaper clippings, biographical
                material, poetry file, printed matter, and miscellaneous
                papers relating to Gleaves' naval career, torpedo ordnance,
                his publications, especially the book James Lawrence (1904),
                naval history, and his command of the Asiatic Fleet during
                which he showed a talent for diplomacy in dealing with the
                representatives of the Soviet, Chinese, and Japanese
                governments.  Ships represented include the Alabama, Cushing,
                Dolphin, and Mayflower.  Correspondents include H. A.
                Baldridge, W. E. Beard, William Shepherd Benson, Edward G.
                Blakeslee, J. C. Breckinridge, Josephus Daniels, Charles E.
                Fox, Hilary P. Jones, Dudley Wright Knox, Frank L. Polk,
                George Haven Putnam, Raymond P. Rodgers, David F. Sellers,
   --->         Joshua Slocum, Clifford H. West, and Spencer S. Wood.
               Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1950,
                  1955.
               Converted to gift, 1998.
               Register published by the Library in 1968.
               Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation
                  collection.
Subjects:      Baldridge, Harry Alexander, 1880-1952.
               China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
               Beard, W. E.
               United States -- Foreign relations -- China.
               Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932.
               Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
               Blakeslee, Edward G.
               United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan.
               Alabama (Ship)
               Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875.
               Cushing (Ship)
               Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
               Fox, Charles Eli, 1870-1926.
               Dolphin (Ship)
               Jones, Hilary Pollard, 1863-1938.
               Mayflower (Ship)
               Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960.
               Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon), 1871-1943.
               Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.
               Rodgers, Raymond Perry, 1849-1925.
               Sellers, David Foote, 1874-1949.
  --->         Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844.
               West, Clifford Hardy, 1846-1911.
               Wood, Spencer Shepherd, 1861-1940.
               Torpedoes.
               Lawrence, James, 1781-1813.
               United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet.
               Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United
                  States.
               United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet
                  Union.
               Historians. itoamc
               Naval officers. itoamc
Location:      Library of Congress Manuscript Division
                  Washington, D.C.
Control No.:   mm 70050104 
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