Seafaring
Language: English
Published by GB Publishing Org, 2021
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United KingdomMajestic Books
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Condition: New
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- Title
- Seafaring
- Author
- Captain George P Boughton
- Publisher
- GB Publishing Org
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0957672845
- ISBN 13
- 9780957672840
- Illustrator
- Kenneth D Shoesmith RI
SAILING CLASSIC of sea life adventure beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Kenneth D Shoesmith.
The autobiography opens on the early adventures of a 12-year-old boy sent to sea after the tragic deaths of his sister and father and the impending poverty of his mother. Not for these alone did the book draw great reviews from The Times and The Spectator, when first published in the 1920s (and repeated again now, see Reviews below).
Recently, intrigued by this touching life story, his grandson researched press clippings and documents that compelled him to update and publish the book again, to reveal the full story that must have influenced and spurred on his hero. Weathering fierce storms and worse, in his first 8 years as an apprentice mariner the boy grew into a fine young man, learning from and appreciating the multicultured seamen about him as they ploughed through the Asian trading routes, often fighting off formidable pirates on the South China seas. On his first return home, now aged 20, Boughton arrived in time to save his mother from bailiffs and life in a poorhouse. (He supported her to the end of her days.)
Exemplifying that steadfastness, he became a captain and then rose to become Superintendent of the Shipping Federation of Britain as well as Member of the Marine Board for London.
Notably, the book reproduces the original illustrations by Shoesmith, the still much admired artist of his day. The publication also includes old sea shanties, knots and amazing facts regarding world religions and more.
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About the Author
George Piper Boughton was born in Sunderland, England, in 1869 to Jane and Charles Boughton Commander of the SS Cingalese. Twelve years later the boy began his apprenticeship at sea, a lengthy, intense experience that made him a Master Mariner, then Captain, and finally a Member of the Marine Board for London and Superintendent to the Shipping Federation of Britain.
He died on 1 January 1940, aged 71, in London, England.
Kenneth D Shoesmith RI was a prolific artist, his works included several large pieces for the old Queen Mary, including an altarpiece, The Madonna of the Atlantic for the Cabin Class Drawing Room. He also produced the screen of harbour scenes that covered the altarpiece when the room was not in use as a chapel. These are still on display in the Queen Mary at Long Beach, California.
He was well known for his marine posters advertising pre-war Trans-Atlantic Liners. His style of representing ocean liners became instantly recognisable and is still copied to this day."
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