Collier brigs and their sailors /
"The life of Sir Walter Runciman is the success story of the son of the coast guard, born in Dunbar, who gre up in Northumberland, and sailed out of the North-East ports of England to become a great shipping magnate. the first boat he sailed in was a Collier Brig. His book Collier Brigs and the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Conway Maritime Press,
1971.
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| Summary: | "The life of Sir Walter Runciman is the success story of the son of the coast guard, born in Dunbar, who gre up in Northumberland, and sailed out of the North-East ports of England to become a great shipping magnate. the first boat he sailed in was a Collier Brig. His book Collier Brigs and their sailors, is the homage to his sea nursery and his captains and men who taught him his craft. "Another Collier Captain, Captain James Cook, whose university, like theirs, was coasting brig's forecastle, lived and toiled at seas more than a century before them"; he writes whilst recounting that Cook joined Collier Brig as cabin boy."--Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 1926. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 287 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0851770436 9780851770437 |