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Channel Crossing Sebastian Smith

Channel Crossing By Sebastian Smith

Channel Crossing by Sebastian Smith


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Summary

The story of a voyage across and around the English Channel. Stirred by the news of the decommissioning of Britain's last lighthouse keeper, Sebastian Smith quit his press agency desk-job in the spring of 1999 to explore the vanishing way of life of those who live on or by the Channel.

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Channel Crossing: One Man's Voyage Across and Around the English Channel by Sebastian Smith

The story of a voyage across and around the English Channel. Stirred by the news of the decommissioning of Britain's last lighthouse keeper, Sebastian Smith quit his press agency desk-job in the spring of 1999 to explore the vanishing way of life of those who live on or by the Channel. Gripped by the stories he hears and the people he encounters, he finds himself seduced by the lure of the sea and determines to make his own journey across the Channel, teaching himself how to pilot and sail in a tiny sea-going dinghy.

Channel Crossing Reviews

Since the days of Francis Chichester, arduous one-man sea voyages have become something of a clich , and certainly a new book needs to present something different to grab our attention. Sebastian Smith pulls off the trick pretty comprehensively with his account of a voyage around and across the English Channel. While the book (and the trip itself) suggests a self-publicising stunt, such thoughts are quickly banished by the authority and gusto with which Smith conveys his adventure. When Smith saw a news report that Britain's last lighthouse keepers were to be replaced by computers, he abandoned his press agency job to take a final look at the people who live on and by the Channel. From this, he decided to make his own epic journey across the Channel, teaching himself to pilot and sail a small sea-going dinghy. It's the sense of muddling through, and taking on something that many of us feel (with the right wind behind us) we could accomplish, that makes this such a diverting read, and the synthesis of lonely adventure and historic detail is seamlessly brought off.

About Sebastian Smith

Sebastian Smith has been a correspondent in Washington, Moscow and London for the Agence France-Press news agency. He won two prizes for his reporting of the war in Chechnya, including France's highest journalistic award, the Albert Londres. His first book, Allah's Mountains: Politics and War in the Russian Caucasus, was published in 1998 and has been widely praised. He lives in North London.

Additional information

GOR002961616
9780241140772
0241140773
Channel Crossing: One Man's Voyage Across and Around the English Channel by Sebastian Smith
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2001-05-03
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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