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by Joseph E. Garland

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This fascinating story of sailing and adventure is also a heart-felt celebration of a man who remains an iconic figure among all sailors who take to the sea alone. In 1883, Howard Blackburn set sail from Gloucester Harbor with another fisherman to fish from a dory. When a sudden squall erupted, the situation they encountered was anything but routine. 57 photos.

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Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray to stay afloat. Welch soon succumbed to exposure, and Blackburn did the only thing he could: He rowed for shore. He rowed five days without food or water, with his hands frozen to the oars, to reach the coast of Newfoundland. Yet his tests had only So begins Joe Garland's extraordinary account of the hero fisherman of Gloucester. Incredibly, though Blackburn lost his fingers to his icy misadventure, he went on to set a record for swiftest solo sailing voyage across the Atlantic that stood for decades. Lone Voyager is a Homeric saga of survival at sea and a thrilling portrait of the world's most fabled fishing port in the age of sail.

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  • Title Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
  • Author Joseph E. Garland
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Rev Sub
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
  • Publication date 2000-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780684872636 / 0684872633
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (22.10 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Seafaring life, Blackburn, Howard
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00027733
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • New York Times, 07/02/2000, Page 20

About the author

Joseph E. Garland, a former newspaperman, has written extensively on social, maritime and medical history, including thirteen books about Gloucester and Boston's North Shore and some 350 columns in the Gloucester Daily Times. A longtime sailor, he and his wife, Helen, live on the Eastern Point shore of Gloucester's outer harbor.

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