Copyright © 1998 Ann Spencer

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Spencer, Ann
   Alone at sea

eISBN: 978-0-385-67407-2

1. Slocum, Joshua, b. 1844. 2 Sailors — Canada — Biography. 3. Voyages around the world. 4. Spray (Sloop). 5. Sailing, Single-handed. I. Title.

G440.S63S63 1998   910.4′5′092   C98-930071-4

Letters from Henrietta Slocum in Appendix 3 courtesy Nova Scotia
   Archives and Records Management/MG100 Vol. 94

Published in Canada by
Doubleday Canada,
a division of
Random House of Canada Limited

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