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Saga of a Wayward Sailor

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A truly amazing and very poignant book. Triston has a great style that places you in his eyes and allows you to feel his emotions. This man has experienced more in his life than most of us could in 10 lifetimes. A great adventure by a great man. A sure hit for the sailor or non-sailor.

I sought the man, in order to tell him how inspirational his adventures and his books are to me...I am disabled but with Tristan's writings, the adventurous spirit that lives inside of me is alive and 'abled' through the honesty in the telling, the respect for all people as individuals and the frankness regarding the truth of life. Tristan speaks with his heart .. the delights and cruelties of nature and man, are beyond words into the innocent love of the Creator through His Creations. I will never pilot any type of boat (nor would I wish to)nor would I ever sail or desire to. Tristan's books are more than that, more than the challenge to do the same as he. They are about the beauty of Life itself and the value of it. Unfortunatly, Tristan Jones passed away before I 'discovered' his books and I was unable to tell him how his writings, his honest persona awakened my heart. No reader of Tristan's books is disabled. I travel with him and I learn about Life all over again.

"Saga of a Wayward Sailor" and "The Incredible Voyage," as were most of Tristan Jones' books, were an inspiration that gave me the fortitude to continue building my own boat and then to sail the south Pacific and Asian waters. I paid tribute to Tristan by devoting a chapter to him in my most recent book "At Home In Asia." I was fortunate to have met him later. I was carrying a copy of the book from Singapore where it was printed to Tristan who was living in Phuket at the time. But I was too late. Tristan had died a few days before. Harold Stephens

And that is exactly what it seems to be, i.e. a tale. It is quite an adventure, but it did not ring true to me. I found out later that Jones' biographer wrote of numerous instances where Tristan twisted the truth. Nonetheless it's fun to read, but I can only give it three stars. You can buy my copy at Bill's Books at the Amazon Marketplace and judge for yourselves.

This is a wonderful story and one must read it as a story because the truth of the matter is Mr. Jones made up most of it.