Author: Andrew Parks
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467013951
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Just a Simple Seaman is a heartwarming story, initially of being brought up and schooled in post-war England with anecdotes of family life and childhood mischief. The book continues by recounting Andrew’s life after he left home at the age of sixteen seeking adventure on the high seas as an apprenticed navigation officer in the British Merchant Navy at a time when the Red Ensign was flown with pride on vessels in ports all over the world. The book relates his observations and experiences while sailing on cargo liners for the following four years – until he met the love of his life at a school reunion. It is a book of warmth, humour, poignancy and occasional sadness.
Voyages of a Simple Sailor
Author: Roger D. Taylor
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0955803551
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book is a distillation of over 50 years of sailing experience, describing small-boat voyaging from a unique and deeply considered perspective.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0955803551
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book is a distillation of over 50 years of sailing experience, describing small-boat voyaging from a unique and deeply considered perspective.
Brazil Red
Author: Jean-Christophe Rufin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are dragged off on a French colonizing expedition where they are meant to learn the native languages and act as interpreters.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Rufin presents two conflicting views of man and nature as he tells the story of two orphaned children who are dragged off on a French colonizing expedition where they are meant to learn the native languages and act as interpreters.
A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories
Author: Desmond Fforde
Publisher: Headline Accent
ISBN: 1909335231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Just the sort of book one likes to find on a yacht's bookshelf between watches." - Classic Boat Magazine Set sail on a voyage of discovery of great nautical stories. These stories range from the Napoleonic wars, via ships that traded under sail round Cape Horn, to what it was like to take charge of a ship in Convoy, serve in the force-ends of a submarine or fly a Corsair against the Japanese. If you have seen WW1 picture of a ship in dazzle camouflage, there is a description of how it came about, and the Dunkirk evacuation is movingly depicted. Lastly there is Uffa Fox's airbone lifeboat: a real masterpiece of design, and what a man!
Publisher: Headline Accent
ISBN: 1909335231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Just the sort of book one likes to find on a yacht's bookshelf between watches." - Classic Boat Magazine Set sail on a voyage of discovery of great nautical stories. These stories range from the Napoleonic wars, via ships that traded under sail round Cape Horn, to what it was like to take charge of a ship in Convoy, serve in the force-ends of a submarine or fly a Corsair against the Japanese. If you have seen WW1 picture of a ship in dazzle camouflage, there is a description of how it came about, and the Dunkirk evacuation is movingly depicted. Lastly there is Uffa Fox's airbone lifeboat: a real masterpiece of design, and what a man!
The Ordinary Seaman
Author: Francisco Goldman
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802135483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Estaban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Estaban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love. By the author of The Long Night of the White Chickens.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802135483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Estaban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Estaban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love. By the author of The Long Night of the White Chickens.