The Way of a Ship Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail

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Language: English

Published by Jonathan Cape Limited, London England, 2002

0224061399 / 9780224061391

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First Edition Hardback TThe Way of a Ship Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail clipped 447pp When as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for unimaginably hard duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel - one destined for a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn - he had no idea that his experience would also provide a window into an epochal transition that would fundamentally change man's relation to the sea. A century later, Derek Lundy, an accomplished amateur seaman, set out to recount his forebear's journey. This is a mesmerizing account of Benjamin's life on board the square-rigger Beara Head, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing journey through the most dangerous waters, furling sails 150 feet aloft in heavy weather; enduring cold and danger; sleep-deprived and malnourished, at times half-starved; fighting each day to save the ship and his crewmates. In the process, Benjamin "learns the eternal lessons the sea, which is to say that he finds out the sort of man he is." 352 pages.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Title
The Way of a Ship Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
Author
Lundy, Derek
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Limited, London England
Publication year
2002
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Near Fine
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Cloth
Language
English
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0224061399
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9780224061391
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First Edition
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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