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Racundra's First Cruise
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Racundra's First Cruise
Paperback. Arthur Ransome's account of his maiden voyage in his beloved Racundra, which took him from Latvia, via Estonia, to Finland and back in 1922. The original text, layout, maps and photographs are reproduced together with an introduction covering Ransome's first attempts at Baltic sailing, the building of Racundra and how he came to write the book. Num Pages: 258 pages, 59 B/W photos, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; HBTM; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Racundra's First Cruise is Arthur Ransome's account of Racundra's maiden voyage, which took place in August and September 1922. The cruise took him from Riga, in Latvia to Helsingfors (Helsinki) in Finland, via the Moon Sound and Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia and back. His first book on sailing, it was also the first of his titles that achieved such high levels of success. Although reprinted many times in various editions and formats, Fernhurst Books' hardback edition of the title (2003) was the first to use the original text in its entirety - with the original layout, maps and ... Read more
Racundra's First Cruise is Arthur Ransome's account of Racundra's maiden voyage, which took place in August and September 1922. The cruise took him from Riga, in Latvia to Helsingfors (Helsinki) in Finland, via the Moon Sound and Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia and back. His first book on sailing, it was also the first of his titles that achieved such high levels of success. Although reprinted many times in various editions and formats, Fernhurst Books' hardback edition of the title (2003) was the first to use the original text in its entirety - with the original layout, maps and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fernhurst Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909911239
SKU
V9781909911239
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome, world famous for the hit series Swallows & Amazons, had, as a young man in 1913, gone to Russia as a foreign correspondent and journalist. He fell in love with Evgenia, Trotsky's secretary, whom he later married. Together they owned two small yachts before commissioning the building of Racundra in 1922 at Rigia in Latvia. Their first cruise ... Read more
Reviews for Racundra's First Cruise
Ransome's descriptive prose is a pleasure to read... it is surely a nautical classic. (RNSA Journal); Ransome makes us share his pride in his ship, and the thrill of satisfaction that is felt in picking up the landmarks. (The Times Literary Supplement); Ransome has managed to get a true yachtsman's enthusiasm into his pages, and his ... Read more