A gipsy of the Horn
by Rex Clements
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This vintage book offers a glimpse into the sea-faring lifestyle of times past with an authentic account of a life lived at sea. Retold with the lucidity and fondness that can only belong to one who has lived it and loved it, "A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship" is highly recommended for readers with an interest in the history and development of sailing. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are show more republishing "A Gipsy of the Horn" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing. show lessTags
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The Mariners Library (17)
The Travellers' Library (136)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- A gipsy of the Horn
- Original title
- A gipsy of the Horn : the narrative of a voyage round the Horn in a windjammer
- Original publication date
- 1924
- People/Characters
- Arethusa (three-masted barque, 1891-1917)
- Important events
- Age of Sail
- Dedication
- To my wife
- First words
- A plain tale of the sea - such is Mr. Clements's book - but not of the sea as the modern traveller knows it, nor yet of the sea as the steam-bred seaman knows it.
Foreword.
The romance of a sea-life has ever been a potent factor in the making of sailors.
Chapter I. Outward bound. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)One summer's day in 1917, when homeward bound from the West Coast, in the grey of the morning off the Fastnet, she encountered a German submarine. It was the end of the old ship and she went down gloriously, like the daughter of the sea she was, with all sail set, the red ensign of England a-flutter at her peak and our old shark's tail pointing bravely to the stars.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Travel
- DDC/MDS
- 910.45 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Pirates & Shipwrecks Ocean voyages, pirates
- LCC
- G540 .C595 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Seafaring life, ocean travel, etc.
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 5
