Learning the Ropes by Eric Newby

Learning the Ropes by Eric Newby

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Summary

This volume provides a pictorial companion to the author's previous work, The Last Grain of Sand and traces him sailing 30,000 miles around the world as an 18-year-old on the four-masted barque, Moshulu.

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Learning the Ropes by Eric Newby

From the perspective of 60 years on Eric Newby looks back with characteristic humour to his young self and his days on board 'Moshulu' and pays tribute, with his photographs, to these magnificent ships and their crews. No one with a love of the sea or a sense of the past could fail to be moved and excited by them.
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ISBN 13 9780719556418
ISBN 10 0719556414
Title Learning the Ropes
Author Eric Newby
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Murray Press
Year published 2000-09-07
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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