The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby

Description: In 1938 an eighteen-year-old boy signed on for the round trip from Europe to Australia in the last commercial sailing fleet to make that formidable journey. The four-masted barque Moshulu ended up as a dockside restaurant in Philadelphia; the young apprentice went on to become one of the greatest travel writers of this century. The Last Grain Race is Eric Newby's spell-binding account of his time spent on the Moshulu's last voyage in the Australian grain trade. As always, Eric Newby's sharp eye for detail captures the hardships, danger, squabbles, companionship and sheer joy of shipboard life - bedbugs, ferocious storms, eccentric Finnish crew and all. By pure chance, Eric witnessed the passing of the era of sail, and his tale is all the more significant for being the last of its kind

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Topic: Ocean Travel, Sailing Ships, Moshulu

Format: Paperback

Book Title: The Last Grain Race

Subjects: Travel

Author: Eric Newby

Publication Year: 1999

Language: English

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

285 pages: 7 3/4" x 5"