The Last of the Wind Ships
Passionate about the sea from an early age, Villiers worked on several commercial sailing vessels before taking on a job as a journalist on a whaling expedition to Antarctica in 1923, which ultimately resulted in the writing of his first book. Other acclaimed books would follow (as well as one film). These powerful images, published for the first time in this volume, date from the late 1920s through the 1930s and were taken aboard the three ships...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393050335
ISBN13:9780393050332
Release Date:September 2000
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:1 Pages
Weight:4.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 10.2" x 13.4"
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The Last of the Wind Ships
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A wonderful pictorial of the windjammer's life! The black and white pictures show the beauty and the harshness of life aboard a tall ship, in great detail. The large size of the book is needed and appropriate for the photographs. Each photo is accompanied with an excerpt of Alan Villiers writing. Though not written for the pictures, the editors did an excellent job associating snippets of Villiers' writing with his photos. This is an excellent book to linger over on those rainy days that keep you from being out on the water, sailing yourself.
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