The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail – A Masterful Historical Account of Life at Sea and Brutal Adventure - Softcover

Lundy, Derek

 
9780060935375: The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail – A Masterful Historical Account of Life at Sea and Brutal Adventure
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0060935375 ISBN 13: 9780060935375
Verlag: Ecco, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exciting, and more terrifying, than he could have ever imagined: a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn.

A century later, Derek Lundy, author of the bestselling Godforsaken Sea and an accomplished amateur seaman himself, set out to recount his forebear's journey. The Way of a Ship is a mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters. Derek Lundy's masterful account evokes the excitement, romance, and brutality of a bygone era - "a fantastic ride through one of the greatest moments in the history of adventure" (Seattle Times).

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Derek Lundy is the author of Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters. He lives in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, with his wife and daughter.

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When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exciting, and more terrifying, than he could have ever imagined: a treacherous, white-knuckle passage around that notorious "graveyard of ships," Cape Horn.

A century later, Derek Lundy, author of the bestselling Godforsaken Sea and an accomplished amateur seaman himself, set out to recount his forebear's journey. The Way of a Ship is a mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters. Derek Lundy's masterful account evokes the excitement, romance, and brutality of a bygone era -- "a fantastic ride through one of the greatest moments in the history of adventure" (Seattle Times).

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Verlag
Ecco
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0060935375
ISBN 13 
9780060935375
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
370
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