|  | | The Epic Voyage of the Seven Little Sistersby William Willis
Most people who visit the Ripping Yarns.com website will be familiar with Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki Adventure in which Heyerdahl and his crew sailed part-way across the Pacific in a raft.
Less well known, is William Willis - in two great adventures, he rafted single-handed across the Pacific. The first was from South America to Samoa, 6700 miles - 2200 miles further than Heyerdahl. In a second great voyage, he rafted all the way from South America to Australia. What is even more remarkable was that he was aged sixty-one at the time of the first voyage, and seventy during the latter!
The Epic Voyage of the Seven Little Sisters tells how this 61 year-old man sailed to Samoa in his first great raft voyage. Willis was alone - apart from a parrot, a manic cat and 'Long Tom' - the large shark which trailed Willis' raft, just waiting and waiting...
For anyone interested in the sea, this is a cracking book.
CONTENTS LISTING
1 Voyage Of The Spirit
2 A Dream Of The Sea
3 Preparations
4 Search For Logs
5 Seven Jungle Trees
6 Square Knots
7 Good-Bye
8 Alone
9 Raw Sugar And Barley Flour
10 Dawn Song
11 Long Tom Joins The Raft
12 Overboard!
13 A Birds' And Dolphins' Paradise
14 A Bit Of Heavy Weather
15 SOS
16 No Strength To Stand
17 Long Ago
18 Loss Of Water
19 The Magic Of Singing
20 The Fish Around Us
21 Alarm Clock And Sextant
22 Without Sleep
23 Storm
24 Stitch - Stitch - Stitch...
25 In Squall Land
26 Fall From The Ladder
27 Flint Island
28 Monterey - 1925
29 Blind
30 Dead Ahead
31 Samoa Ahoy!
32 Pago Pago
HARDBACK VERSION
A hardback version is due for release in 2007.
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