Download or read book Rounding the Horn written by Dallas Murphy and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recalls his journey by sea to Cape Horn, a place of myth and sea-faring legend, while also charting the role of this difficult sea passage in the history of letters, from Francis Drake to Joseph Conrad. 50,000 first printing.