Saga of a Wayward Sailor

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Saga of a Wayward Sailor

by Tristan Jones

The indefatigable voyager and storyteller Tristan Jones first gained widespread popularity with the publication of his bestselling SAGA OF A WAYWARD SAILOR in 1979. Now for the first time, it is available in paperback as part of our expanding series of Jones' books. SAGA OF A WAYWARD SAILOR chronicles Jones' adventures aboard his beloved Cresswell , a wooden lifeboat converted to cruising sailboat. Jones survies storms, dismastings, arrest by the Soviet Navy, the smuggling of Edam cheeses and Barbary apes, and being sunk by whales. We also get to meet an intriguing cast of dockside characters: Karl, the German fishcanning salesman; Pete, the Australian smuggler; Sissie, the Englishwoman who wheedles her way permanently aboard; and Nelson, Jones' three-legged dog.

SAGA OF A WAYWARD SAILOR is the quintessential Jones: exciting, poignant, outrageous, and thoroughly amusing. It is the perfect book to start becoming a Jones fan.

"Jones is a natural storyteller whose yarns spring one into the next as if by divine guidance. His books have a vitality that make them impossible to put down." Washington Post

Cover photo by Chris Cunningham
Cover design by Richard Stalzer

276pp. 4maps. 1995 0924486791 paper

Online Marine Price $14.95 Buy Now