Yarns.
Title:
Yarns.
Author:
Jones, Tristan.
ISBN:
9781497603516
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (351 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Epigraph -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Hard Schooling -- Slow Boat to Barcelona -- Rewards and Remembrances -- People on Passage -- The Dreaming Coast -- Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste -- Storm Clouds Off the Andes -- The Longest Haul -- A Sea to Myself -- The Green Hell -- Tristan Jones Goes South -- The Yankee -- The Truth About the Triangle -- The Voyage of Quiberon -- Breakdown -- Tropical Cruising In Moslem Countries -- Rendezvous In Mombasa -- The Saga of Dreadnaught -- By the Skin of My Teeth -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
In Yarns, Tristan Jones tells how he began his writing career. He draws on his many adventures to evoke some of the memorable people he has met, and to describe some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world. He gives advice on everything from seamanship to dealing with local populations in remote places. Not to be missed is his marvelous evocation in the style of Conan Doyle as the mystery of the Mary Celeste is solved, or the Conrad-inspired story of a troubled steamship, Breakdown. Other yarns include the tale of an unlikely salvage operation in Ibiza, a strange rendezvous on the coast of Africa, and a coincidental meeting with one of America's greatest cruising sailors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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