First Fair Wind

Short, Agnes

ISBN 10: 0094656401 / ISBN 13: 9780094656406

Published by Constable, London, 1984

About this Item

1984. 231pp. A historical romance set in Aberdeen at the start of the nineteenth century. Dust jacket has light wear to edges and mild fading to spine. Not price-clipped. Book has gilt titles to spine. Small stain to top corner of upper board. Light foxing to top edge. Otherwise in VG+ condition with no inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # ScotLitShort001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Fair Wind
• Publisher: Constable, London
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0094656401
• ISBN 13: 9780094656406
• Binding: Original Brown Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scottish Literature/Fiction
  • Literature
  • East of Scotland

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Synopsis

The warm-hearted Christie family take in orphan Rachel and raise her as one of their own. Like other fisherwomen, Rachel gathers bait, coils the lines, wades into the icy sea at dawn to launch the boat, carries full creels to the market - and dreams that one day she might have a house and family of her own.James, the handsome eldest Christie son, longs for a different way of life, more prosperous and more secure than fishing - he dreams of buuilding a fine stout ship that will cary him to the trading ports around the world. But his ambitions bring him into a near disastrous conflict with a local merchant.Set in the bustling fishing community of Footdee, The First Fair Wind is the first in a trilogy of novels that follows the fortunes of the Christie family.