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Queen of the Lakes, perfect for coffee tables, lakefront cabins,
and boat lovers' bookshelves, tells the story of each of the ships
that has been honored with the title ""Queen of the Great Lakes.
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The Steamer Admiral
(Hardcover)
Annie Amantea Blum; Foreword by John N Hoover
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R842
R691
Discovery Miles 6 910
Save R151 (18%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was
issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight
period prose it outlines all the basic expressions and tasks a
seaman needed to know to perform his duties efficiently. Chapters
are broken down into: Sea Terms; Navigation; Steering the Ship;
Rigging; Anchors and Cables; Boatwork; Miscellaneous (which
includes details on uniform and folding a hammock, etc); and Ship
Safety. Functional black line illustrations are used throughout, as
well as a few pages of colour (used sparingly) for flag
recognition. Faithfully reproduced, with a short introduction by
Brian Lavery, which explains the importance of a book like this to
a navy that had to take on vast numbers of civilians or Hostilities
Only men to meet the manning needs of the war, this volume provides
a real mixture of wartime nostalgia and historical authenticity. It
makes a world now lost to us accessible again, explaining as it
does the terms, skills and conventions of ship board life, a life
that required a common language, and where failure to respond to
orders instantly could mean the difference between life and death.
The book is sure to appeal to those who served in the war as well
as the current generation who are becoming increasingly interested
in the role their grandparents, fathers and uncles played during
that time.
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes traces the evolution of
the Great Lakes shipping industry over the last three centuries.
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