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Last Voyage to Wewak
Simon J. Hall
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Description for Last Voyage to Wewak
Paperback. An important historical record of life at sea during the last quarter of the 20th century, a way of life now vanished. A tale of a highly charged and turbulent life written in a captivating and arresting style. A unique travel story, which paints the world in a way where even the mundane becomes strangely compelling. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BM; HBTM; WGG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
This is a thought-provoking work, capturing the march of time which overtook the maritime world in the last quarter of the 20th century. The final crumbling of the British register caused officers like Hall to find themselves in a strange new world, sailing under flags of convenience with all the old certainties of life at sea having vanished. There is both sadness and a rage at seeing a way of life disappear forever under the wheels of commerce, made more poignant by the author himself swallowing the anchor and moving on. Expelled from Indonesia as an undesirable, medically discharged in ... Read more
This is a thought-provoking work, capturing the march of time which overtook the maritime world in the last quarter of the 20th century. The final crumbling of the British register caused officers like Hall to find themselves in a strange new world, sailing under flags of convenience with all the old certainties of life at sea having vanished. There is both sadness and a rage at seeing a way of life disappear forever under the wheels of commerce, made more poignant by the author himself swallowing the anchor and moving on. Expelled from Indonesia as an undesirable, medically discharged in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849952538
SKU
V9781849952538
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Simon J. Hall
About the author: Simon Hall is a Master Mariner and currently Chief Executive of a financial group. Under a Yellow Sky was nominated for the Mountbatten Maritime Award, 2014. He is the author of Under a Yellow Sky and Chasing Conrad. Praise for Simon J. Hall. Simon Hall s new book, however, stands out from the crowd His fine writing ... Read more
Reviews for Last Voyage to Wewak
`...this is another gripping and thought provoking book...The author writes compellingly about his life at sea... Highly recommended and if you have not read the author's other two books, treat yourself now'. Sea Breezes
`Return of the master of maritime memoir. Hard-drinking, hard-living ship's officer Simon Hall is back for the third instalment of his acclaimed maritime memoir... ...there ... Read more
`Return of the master of maritime memoir. Hard-drinking, hard-living ship's officer Simon Hall is back for the third instalment of his acclaimed maritime memoir... ...there ... Read more