Learning the ropes: An apprentice in the last of the windjammers
Language: English
Published by John Murray, 1999
- Hardcover
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Seller: Harry E Bagley Books, Fredericton, NB, CanadaHarry E Bagley Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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cloth, dust jacket, 144 pages , illustrated, a fine copy, In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted barque "Moshulu" for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the Australian wheat belt. In this book, Newby looks back to his young self and his days on board "Moshulu.".
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- Title
- Learning the ropes: An apprentice in the last of the windjammers
- Author
- Eric Newby
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0719556368
- ISBN 13
- 9780719556364
- Seller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography, Photography, Technology/Science
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Learning the Ropes is a photographic narrative of the voyage Newby embarked on. His black-and-hite pictures tell the story of everyday life for those on board perhaps enhanced by the very ad-oc nature in which he set about taking the photographs. He was not a trained photographer and would take his pictures after a long shift working on deck when often the foremost thing on his mind was trying to catch up on lost sleep. In many ways the innocence of the birth of these photographs adds to their historical importance. Newby has captured a glimpse of life on board a sailing ship right at its death, akin to the work done in at the beginning of the century where many traditional folk songs where written down before the last people with the songs in their heads died.
A 26-page written introduction provides a fascinating insight into the time period followed by 95 pages of truly stunning photography. If this book grabs your attention, then Newby's companion book, The Last Grain Race is his narrative account of this epic voyage. --Steven Payne
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Harry E Bagley Books
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