The Way of a Ship: A Square-rigger Voyage in the Last days of Sail
by Lundy, Derek
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- ISBN 10
- 067697371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973716
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About This Item
The Way of a Ship: A Square-rigger Voyage in the Last days of Sail. Lundy, Derek. Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2002. First Edition. Signed by author. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 449pp., maps, diagrams. In fine, unread condition.
Derek Lundy's ancestor, Benjamin Lundy, crossed oceans under sail in the late nineteenth century. In The Way of a Ship, the author recreated Benjamin's life on board the Beara Head with a community of fellow seamen as they perform the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the Atlantic and round Cape Horn. A mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters.
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- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
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- 5062
- Title
- The Way of a Ship: A Square-rigger Voyage in the Last days of Sail
- Author
- Lundy, Derek
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067697371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973716
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2002
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- MARINE ETC; MEMOIR AND BIO;
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