Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (Signed by Author)

Dyer, Geoff

ISBN 10: 0956569269 / ISBN 13: 9780956569264

Published by Visual Editions, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (Signed by Author)
• Publisher: Visual Editions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956569269
• ISBN 13: 9780956569264
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

'We were on one of the most technologically advanced places on earth but the guys in grease-smeared brown sweatshirts and float coats, draped with heavy brown chains, looked like they were ready to face the burning oil poured on them from the walls of an impregnable castle.' Geoff Dyer's incisive and witty voice depicts life on board the USS ship. His inventive descriptions are accompanied by photography by Chris Steele-Perkins, an award winning Magnum photographer.

This is the first title from Writers in Residence; a collectable set of books that bring together some of the greatest writers and photographers on the planet to reveal the normally faceless organizations that shape the modern world. The arresting, full-colour photography, depicting a subculture that is by turns surprising, hilarious, beautiful and insane, is by Chris Steele-Perkins, an award-winning Magnum photographer. Writers in Residence finds a third way between books and magazines, with every book in the set designed by Jeremy Leslie of magCulture.

Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable. Underlying Dyer's efforts to overcome the disadvantages of being the oldest, tallest (actually, second tallest), and most self-conscious person on the boat is an intense fascination with the military world. In recording daily life on board the ship, Dyer illuminates a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become a form of self-expression.

Another Great Day at Sea is a dazzling social experiment, bringing readers behind the scenes of the world's largest aircraft carrier in a way that has never been seen before.

About the Author

Geoff Dyer's previous books include But Beautiful (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); The Missing of the Somme; Out of Sheer Rage; The Ongoing Moment (winner of the ICP Infinity Award for writing on photography); Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Zona (about Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker). Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.

Chris Steele-Perkins is an award-winning Magnum photographer, best known for his depictions of Africa, Afghanistan, England and Japan whose work has been featured in exhibitions and publications around the world.