The Brier Island boy who went to sea at sixteen and never looked back. The first person to circumnavigate the globe alone, Captain Joshua Slocum has remained a nautical icon since the publication of Sailing Alone Around the World in 1900. From the sea captain's humble upbringing on Westport, Brier Island, through his lifelong quest for adventure on the sea. Slocum's career from ordinary seaman to master of celestial navigation, and a rare look into his personal life, trouble on and off the sea, and his mysterious disappearance. Sidebar features on little-known Slocum facts and over 60 images, including photographs, maps, and illustrations. Quentin Casey is a journalist and avid sailor living on the south shore of Nova Scotia.