The Last of the windjammers
By: Basil Lubbock.
Edition: Reprint of the 1927 Edition
Series: Volume 1 of 2 volumes
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Sailing ships -- History.
First sentence: The land breeds and supports all kinds of human beings - wise men and fools, brave men and cowards, sharks and simpletons, hustling grabbers and weary slackers.
Description: Here is a real book of the sea, another welcome break in the hasty monotonous superficial collections that have made their appearance to exploit the thirst for genuine sea literature created mainly by the appearace of Mr Lubbock's world-famous books on Clippers and Frigates, narratives that have stirred the thoughts of readers even far removed from actual seafaring.
This book, of which this is the first volume, complements the series which commenced with The China Clippers. and deals, in particular, with those ships and trades which were not included in the previous volumes.
Notes: Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations, and 17 sail or hull plans.  13 Appendices and Index.
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