Racundra's First Cruise - Couverture rigide

Ransome, Arthur

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1898660964 ISBN 13 : 9781898660965

Editeur : Fernhurst Books, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Ransome Arthur

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"RACUNDRA'S" FIRST CRUISE THE BUILDING OF "RACUNDRA" Houses are but badly built boats so fir] aground that you cannot think of moving th They are definitely inferior things, belonging the vegetable not the animal world, rooted : stationary, incapable of gay transition. I adi doubtfully, as exceptions, snailshells and caravj The desire to build a house is the tired wish c man content thenceforward with a single anchor* The desire to build a boat is the desire of yoi unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resti place. It is for that reason, perhaps, that, when it con the desire to build a boat is one of those that can be resisted. It begins as a little cloud on a ser horizon. It ends by covering the whole s so that you can think of nothing else. You m build to regain your freedom. And always i comfort yourself with the thought that yours 1 be the perfect boat, the boat that you may sea thp Tinrhmirc nf tV»f wnrlrl fnv smrl nrvf- finrl

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; THE BUILDING OF " RACUNDRA "; THE CREW; THE START ; RIGA TO RUXO; RUXO TO PATERNOSTER THROUGH THE MOON SOUND WORMS TO PAKERORT PAKERORT TO REVAL ; PORT OF REVAL; REVAL TO HELSINGFORS; HELSINGFORS : SWINGING THE SHIP ; HELSIN'GFORS TO REVAL; REVAL TO BALTIC PORT; OLD BALTIC PORT AND NEW; THE ROOGO ISLANDS ; THE SHIP AND THE MAN; BALTIC PORT TO SPITHAMN ; SPTTTIiMV Tn nmfswniAf; 12 "RACUNDRA'S" FIRST CRUISE; " TOLEDO " OF LEITH; FROM THE ISLAND OF DAGO TO THE ISLAND OF MOON; KUIVAST TO WERDER; SEAL-HUNTERS FROM RUNO; WERDER TO RIGA; APPENDIX : A DESCRIPTION OF " RACUNDRA "

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Fernhurst Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1898660964
• ISBN 13: 9781898660965
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256