When Robin Lee Graham was ten years old, his parents gave him a dinghy for his birthday, and he sailed a boat for the first time. At the age of sixteen, he set out to cross the Pacific in his 24-foot sloop, alone except for two kittens. He returned five years and 33,000 miles later. In the years in between, he had circled the earth, battled tropical storms, and endured mind-numbing doldrums; he was nearly rammed by a freighter and swept overboard in high seas. Above all, he had wrestled with loneliness and near-despair. But Robin, the boy, survived the treachery of the seas, and in winning his victory over the elements returned home a man.
Robin's extraordinary story was produced as a major motion picture by Gregory Peck, entitled The Dove (1974).
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