Gordon Grant

Greasy Luck (eBook, ePUB)

A Whaling Sketchbook

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Everybody who feels the fascination of seas and ships will be glad of this . . . unique creation of Gordon Grant's pen. . . . The volume is a charming example of artistic bookmaking."―The New York Times "Mr. Grant skillfully combines in his drawings the romance and reality of the sea. Many of the illustrations have a charm wholly apart from their historical significance.―Times [London] Literary Supplement An eloquent, accurate portrayal of the American whaling industry as it existed for almost two centuries, this superb account of a whaling voyage and its adventures is dramatically captured by 64 of the author's full-page drawings. All the excitement, tedium, exhaustion, and joy of catching these mammoths of the sea is depicted―from the thrill of a whale breaching and a "Nantucket sleigh ride" to examples of scrimshaw art and views of the foc's'le, galley, and deck. The book's title comes from the cheering crowds at dockside, seeing a whaling crew off and wishing them "Greasy Luck." Unabridged Dover (2004) republication of the original edition published by William Farquhar Payson, New York, 1932.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486147239
• Artikelnr.: 39538802