The Last Grain Race
图书信息
| 作者 | Eric Newby |
| 出版社 | William Collins |
| ISBN | 9780007597840 |
| 出版时间 | 2014-11-06 |
| 字数 | 43.5万 |
| 分类 | 进口书,外文原版书,文学,自传,回忆录 |
读书简介
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to Europe. Every year from 1921 to 1939, the vessels involved in the grain trade would strive to find the shortest, fastest passage home – ‘the grain race’ – in the face of turbulent seas, atrocious weather conditions and hard graft. First published in 1956, ‘The Last Grain Race’, featuring many photographs from the author’s personal collection, celebrates both the spirit of adventure and the thrill of sailing on the high seas. Newby’s first-hand account – engaging and informative, with frequent bursts of humour and witty observations from both above and below deck – chronicles this classic sailing voyage of the Twenties and Thirties, and records the last grain race of maritime history.
目录
Title Page
Copyright
A Note on the Illustrations
Extracts From Lloyd’s Index and List
Sail Plan and Diagram of Running Rigging
Map of Moshulu’s Course Round the World
Contents
Introduction to the 1981 Grafton Edition
Chapter 1: Wurzel’s
Chapter 2: Mountstewart
Chapter 3: Fitting Out
Chapter 4: Op the Rigging
Chapter 5: Over the Side
Chapter 6: Sömmarström and His Sails
Chapter 7: Wild Life in the Irish Sea
Chapter 8: The Watch Below
Chapter 9: ‘Ängelskit’ and ‘Kabelgarn’
Chapter 10: ‘Rundvask’
Chapter 11: Kroner
Chapter 12: ‘England’s Hope’
Chapter 13: Inaccessible Island
Chapter 14: ‘God Jul’
Chapter 15: Into Battle
Chapter 16: Cape Catastrophe
Chapter 17: Port ‘Veek’
Chapter 18: The Last Grain Race
Chapter 19: Storm in the Southern Ocean
Chapter 20: Cape Horn
Chapter 21: ‘Like Spreeng After Vinter’
Chapter 22: North of the Line
Chapter 23: The Race Is Won
The Beaufort Scale
The Grain Race 1939
Moshulu – Belfast to Port Lincoln
Moshulu – Port Victoria to Queenstown
Later History of Moshulu
Footnotes
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by Eric Newby
About the Publisher
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