Ships and Memories: Merchant Seafarers in Canada's Age of Steam
by Sager, Eric W
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0774804432
- ISBN 13
- 9780774804431
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
From the d.j.: "Ships and Memories is a fascinating account of the life at sea during the age of steam. Seafarers tell their own stories and remember the good times as well as the bad, in peace and war and during the depression. The author draws on interviews with master mariners, cooks, stewards and others who worked aboard steamships from 1920 to 1950." "In language charged with passion, nostalgia, and, at times, bitterness, they recall the dangers of seafaring, the lonelinness aboard ship, and the difficulty of supporting families ashore, but they also remember, with earthy humour, the rowdy adventures in port."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 953SB
- Title
- Ships and Memories
- Author
- Sager, Eric W
- Format/Binding
- Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumps to top and bottom of spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0774804432
- ISBN 13
- 9780774804431
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 179
- Size
- 8 vo.
- Keywords
- "Sager lets the seafarers speak for themselves. His insightful commentary links the recollections thematically and places them within the context of the times.
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Stillman Books
About the Seller
Stillman Books
About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.