Publicado por Ecco, 2003
ISBN 10: 0676973671 ISBN 13: 9780676973679
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.97.
Publicado por Ecco, 2003
ISBN 10: 0676973671 ISBN 13: 9780676973679
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Publicado por Vintage Canada, 2011
ISBN 10: 0676973671 ISBN 13: 9780676973679
Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condición: Very Good.
Publicado por Ecco, 2003
ISBN 10: 0676973671 ISBN 13: 9780676973679
Librería: Mister-Seekers Bookstore, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condición: New. New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - From The Author Of Godforsaken Sea -- A #1 Bestseller In Canada And "One Of The Best Books Ever Written About Sailing" (Time Magazine) -- Comes A Magnificent Re-Creation Of A Square-Rigger Voyage Round Cape Horn At The End Of The 19Th Century. In The Way Of A Ship, Derek Lundy Places His Seafaring Great-Great Uncle, Benjamin Lundy, On Board The Beara Head And Brings To Life The Ship'S Community As It Performs The Exhausting And Dangerous Work Of Sailing A Square-Rigger Across The Sea. The "Beautiful, Widow-Making, Deep-Sea" Sailing Ships Could Sail Fast In Almost All Weather And Carry Substantial Cargo. Handling Square-Riggers Demanded Detailed And Specialized Skills, And Life At Sea, Although Romanticized By Sea-Voyage Chroniclers, Was Often Brutal. Seamen Were Sleep Deprived And Malnourished, At Times Half-Starved, And Scurvy Was Still A Possibility. Derek Lundy Reminds Readers What Melville And Conrad Expressed So Well: That The Sea Voyage Is An Overarching Metaphor For Life Itself. As Benjamin Lundy Nears The Horn And Its Attendant Terrors, The Traditional Qualities Of The Sailor -- Fatalism, Stoicism, Courage, Obedience To A Strict Hierarchy, Even Sentimentality -- Are Revealed In Their Dying Days, As Sail Gave Way To Steam. Derek Lundy Tells His Gripping Tale With The Kind Of Storytelling Skill And Writerly Breadth That Is Usually The Ken Of Our Finest Novelists, And In So Doing, Imagines A Harrowing And Wholly Credible History For His Seafaring Irish-Canadian Ancestor.
Publicado por Ecco, 2003
ISBN 10: 0676973671 ISBN 13: 9780676973679
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.97.