A delightful book about an exciting voyage told in a droll, understated way that had me laughing out loud often. Slocum down plays his risks — being chased by pirates, seeing hallucinations, almost drowning when his dory upsets and almost being carried out to sea when he hitched a ride across a harbor with a man who had no business on a boat. He was in no hurry, and when he landed somewhere interesting, he stopped a while a looked about, especially if there were young ladies present (his time spent with them was completely chaste). He became well known and during the second half of his voyage would often give talks in ports to raise money to continue his voyage. Almost everywhere he went, people supplied him with food and other necessities without charge and levied no fees for using one port (except for on place — he responded by charging people to visit his boat — and made up far more than he paid). He seems like he would have been a delightful man to know.