The Last Grain Race
Author: Newby, Eric
ISBN: 9780007597833
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.
In 1939, a young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to Europe. Every year from 1921 to 1939, the vessels involved in the grain trade would strive to find the shortest, fastest passage home – ‘the grain race’ – in the face of turbulent seas, atrocious weather conditions and hard graft.
First published in 1956, ‘The Last Grain Race’, featuring many photographs from the author’s personal collection, celebrates both the spirit of adventure and the thrill of sailing on the high seas. Newby’s first-hand account – engaging and informative, with frequent bursts of humour and witty observations from both above and below deck – chronicles this classic sailing voyage of the Twenties and Thirties, and records the last grain race of maritime history.
ISBN: 9780007597833
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.
In 1939, a young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to Europe. Every year from 1921 to 1939, the vessels involved in the grain trade would strive to find the shortest, fastest passage home – ‘the grain race’ – in the face of turbulent seas, atrocious weather conditions and hard graft.
First published in 1956, ‘The Last Grain Race’, featuring many photographs from the author’s personal collection, celebrates both the spirit of adventure and the thrill of sailing on the high seas. Newby’s first-hand account – engaging and informative, with frequent bursts of humour and witty observations from both above and below deck – chronicles this classic sailing voyage of the Twenties and Thirties, and records the last grain race of maritime history.
