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The Frayed Atlantic Edge - A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel (Paperback)
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The Frayed Atlantic Edge - A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel (Paperback)
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Loot Price R250
Discovery Miles 2 500
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COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR
THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'This is the book that has been wanting to be
written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory
for the human spirit' Adam Nicolson Over the course of a year,
leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the
weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north
to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island. The idea was to travel
slowly and close to the water: in touch with both the natural world
and the histories of communities on Atlantic coastlines. The story
of his journey is one of staggering adventure, range and beauty.
For too long, Gange argues, the significance of coasts has been
underestimated, and the potential of small boats as tools to make
sense of these histories rarely explored. This book seeks to put
that imbalance right. Paddling alone in sun and storms, among
dozens of whales and countless seabirds, Gange and his kayak
travelled through a Shetland summer, Scottish winter and Irish
spring before reaching Wales and Cornwall. Sitting low in the
water, as did millions in eras when coasts were the main arteries
of trade and communication, Gange describes, in captivating prose
and loving detail, the experiences of kayaking, coastal living and
historical discovery. Drawing on the archives of islands and
coastal towns, as well as their vast poetic literatures in many
languages, he shows that the neglected histories of these stunning
regions are of real importance in understanding both the past and
future of the whole archipelago. It is a history of Britain and
Ireland like no other.
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