The compelling stories of the yachtsmen volunteers of World War II â from famous names such as Sir Peter Scott and Nicholas Monsarrat to ordinary sailors â all who risked their lives to aid the war effort.
The compelling stories of the yachtsmen volunteers of World War II â from famous names such as Sir Peter Scott and Nicholas Monsarrat to ordinary sailors â all who risked their lives to aid the war effort.
Julia Jones, formerly also known as Julia Thorogood, is an English writer, editor and classic yacht owner whose own father served in the RNVSR. She is Literary Contributor for Yachting Monthly magazine. Julia's introduction to books and boats happened simultaneously when her parents bought Arthur Ransome's yacht Peter Duck when Julia was not quite three years old. She soon discovered that her berth on board Peter Duck was the snuggest place in the world for reading - and writing and dreaming as well. It wasn't until many years later when she and her husband Francis Wheen had bought Peter Duck back into their family that she discovered that her special reading place had originally been designed for Ransome to store his typewriter. This inspired her own Strong Winds series of sailing adventures. She was introduced to the River Deben at birth and remains an unashamedly East Coast sailor.
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Introduction: A riddle in the attic 1 'There must be hundreds of chaps like me' 2 'I happened to look around and he was gone' 3 'They ought to make some use of us' 4 'Are there many like you in England?' 5 'Do you think you'll like this sort of thing?' 6 'I hardened to the life' 7 'So casual and quiet in the extraordinary things that you do' 8 'I couldn't help noticing that it wasn't quite what you expected' 9 'He helped me out of a bit of a mess' 10 'The last strongholds were battered, stormed and overwhelmed' 11 'I sign articles' 12 'Small things sidled out of dark hiding places' 13 'The dark spaces of the North Sea' 14 'Mosquitoes with stings' 15 'The very splash of the surf and the bubble of the tides' 16 'Distracted by the multiplicity of its functions' 17 'Every inch of it must be important' 18 'It's a dirty-looking night and I don't like this swell' 19 'Would you care to join me in a little yachting?' 20 'Multitudes of seagoing lighters, carrying full loads of soldiers' 21 'There was an outburst of shouting which soon died away' 22 'Goodbye Old Chap' 23 'From that point our personal history is of no concern' Endnotes Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
Introduction: A riddle in the attic 1 'There must be hundreds of chaps like me' 2 'I happened to look around and he was gone' 3 'They ought to make some use of us' 4 'Are there many like you in England?' 5 'Do you think you'll like this sort of thing?' 6 'I hardened to the life' 7 'So casual and quiet in the extraordinary things that you do' 8 'I couldn't help noticing that it wasn't quite what you expected' 9 'He helped me out of a bit of a mess' 10 'The last strongholds were battered, stormed and overwhelmed' 11 'I sign articles' 12 'Small things sidled out of dark hiding places' 13 'The dark spaces of the North Sea' 14 'Mosquitoes with stings' 15 'The very splash of the surf and the bubble of the tides' 16 'Distracted by the multiplicity of its functions' 17 'Every inch of it must be important' 18 'It's a dirty-looking night and I don't like this swell' 19 'Would you care to join me in a little yachting?' 20 'Multitudes of seagoing lighters, carrying full loads of soldiers' 21 'There was an outburst of shouting which soon died away' 22 'Goodbye Old Chap' 23 'From that point our personal history is of no concern' Endnotes Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
Rezensionen
From Childers to Monsarrat via Shute and Maurice Griffiths. Julia Jones links the world of yachting, literature, the navy and war into an extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice. An unexpected and important story, rivetingly told. Rip roaring stuff. Get this into the paws of the sea dog in your life.
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