N by E
By: Rockwell Kent ; foreword by Edward Hoagland.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Direction (Yacht); Greenland -- Description and travel
Description: "When artist, illustrator, writer, and adventurer Rockwell Kent first published N by E in a limited edition in 1930, it quickly became a collectors' item. Little wonder, for readers are immediately drawn to Kent's vivid descriptions of his voyage on a 33-foot cutter from New York Harbor to the rugged shores of Greenland.

When the ship sinks in a storm-swept fjord within 50 miles of its destination, the story turns to the stranding and subsequent rescue of the three-man crew, salvage of the vessel, and life among native Greenlanders.

Magnificently illustrated by Kent's wood-block prints and narrated in his poetic and highly entertaining style, this tale of the perils of killer nor'easters, treacherous icebergs, and impenetrable fog - and the joys of sperm whales breaching or dawn unmasking a longed-for landfall - is a rare treat for old salts and landlubbers alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: Hanover : Wesleyan University Press, 1978.