Learning the ropes
an apprentice in the last of the windjammers
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Word Count
36,000 words, Guess
Page Count
144 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6808373M
- ISBN-100719556368
- OCLC Control Number45829890
- OCLC Control Number40608994
- Library of Congress Control Number00273579
and 2 more
- Goodreads298570
- LibraryThing199161
Classifications
- DDC910.4/5
- LCCVK140.N48 A3 1999
Description
In 1938, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted barque "Moshulu" for a round-the-world voyage to carry grain to Europe from the Australian wheat belt. In this book, Newby looks back to his young self and his days on board "Moshulu".
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- Pictorial works.
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- Learning the ropes
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