General Nonfiction

Tristan Jones was one of the most acclaimed sea-faring storytellers ever. The combative Welshman was born at sea on a ship off Tristan da Cunha. He dropped out of school at 14 to work on sailing barges, and then spent the rest of his life at sea--first in the Royal Navy, then as a delivery skipper, then as a daring adventurer. Saga of a Wayward Sailor tells the tale of one of his most exciting adventures. Jones sails through treacherous waters aboard the Cresswell, a lifeboat converted into a sa... more info>>

[Total revenue from this eBook, from September 11th through October 11th, 2001, has been donated to the Widows and Children's Fund of the Uniformed Firefighters Association. The final amount donated is $1105.50. This donation was made by Fictionwise, ereads (the eBook publisher for this eBook), and the author. The author has told us that men interviewed in this book, as well as several sons of these men (who went on to join the fire department after the book was published), died helping people a... more info>>

Retiring on a pension after being torpedoed in WWII, Tristan Jones embarks on a test of endurance that will last over two years, nearly killing him more than once. Attempting to sail farther North than anyone ever has, he embarks from Iceland on the Cresswell in the summer of 1959. His only companion? A three-legged, one-eyed Labrador named Nelson. He spends his first winter holed up near an Eskimo village in a Greenland fjord. After a violent snowstorm and without an adequate supply of food, he... more info>>