Learning the Ropes : An Apprentice on the Last of the Windjammers

Newby, Eric

ISBN 10: 0812932528 / ISBN 13: 9780812932522

Published by Times Books, 1999

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Dj has very sl. wear, price intact. Book appears unread. B/w illus. 144 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning the Ropes : An Apprentice on the Last of the Windjammers
• Publisher: Times Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812932528
• ISBN 13: 9780812932522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition US
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the Finnish four-masted barque Moshulu for a 'round-the-world' voyage transiting between Europe and Australia. It was the toughest imaginable introduction to the sailor's life. Few of the crew spoke English, and he was ordered atop the rigging -- 200 feet above deck -- before he could get out of his best jacket and shoes. More extraordinary still, between his shifts he managed to photograph day-to-day life aboard the antique vessel, and on others like her in various ports of call. Though he did not realize it then, these pictures soon became historic, for with a world war brewing, there would never again be a cavalcade of square riggers such as made the circuit that year. Remarkably, the Moshulu is still afloat and is now a restaurant ship, moored in Philadelphia.  

About the Author

Eric Newby is the author of fifteen other adventure classics, including The Last Grain Race, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, Love and War in the Apennines, and What the Traveler Saw. He lives in London.