WAYWARD SAILOR: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones
Anthony Dalton, . . McGraw-Hill/ International Marine, $24.95 (350pp) ISBN 978-0-07-140251-4
Photojournalist and expedition organizer Dalton writes of author/explorer Tristan Jones (1929–1995): "I uncovered the elements of a story woven from the exotic fabrics of deceit, ego, skill, immense courage, tenacity, sexual differences, and, eventually—murder." These qualities all appear prominently in Dalton's arresting study of a sailor who invented himself as a modern hero and kept embellishing the legend until truth and fiction were impossible to pinpoint. Dalton believes Tristan's supposedly seafaring mother was in fact from landlocked Lancashire. Following several voyages, which he later fictionalized, Jones decided to pursue writing seriously. His editor at
Reviewed on: 04/07/2003
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 384 pages - 978-0-07-144028-8