From the Book - First United States edition.
Ann Davidson and the meaning of life
Shackford, 'Rob Roy', and 'Centennial' set the stage
Wind, ships, sleep, engines, wind
The first solo circumnavigator: Joshua Slocum
Just cruisin' with Harry Pidgeon
Florentino Das: For family
Pets, companionship over the rail
Kenichi Horie against the North Pacific
Sharon Sites Adams had the right to sail alone
Bernard Moitessier and a sea of spiritual solitude
Landlessness, loneliness, death wish
Tevake and the voyage of no return
Sailing while black: Teddy Seymour plays his love song
Bill Pinkney and Neal Petersen: for the children
The case of youth: Laura Dekker, Jessica Watson, and Abby Sunderland
The environmental epiphany of Ellen MacArthur
The solo sailor survives and tries to find meaning
