Alain Gerbault's logbook

Tomorrow will see the publication of Alain Gerbault's logbook, under the title "Alone across the Atlantic".
We know that Alain Gerbault set sail again last Saturday to attempt the perilous crossing of the Pacific on his Firecrest. It will therefore be, as he wished, only after his departure that the moving pages will appear in which he describes this year-long struggle against the elements, which earned him worldwide fame.
In our time when literary fame is such a powerful bait, does not the young navigator thus give us a rare example of modesty?