Jella
From Lagos to Liverpool - A Woman at Sea in a Man's World
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1993
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2nd Revised edition
Gollancz (Verlag)
978-0-575-05695-4 (ISBN)
Gollancz (Verlag)
978-0-575-05695-4 (ISBN)
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Dea Birkett's story of her voyage from Lagos, along the West African coast and across the ocean to Liverpool, as the only female member of crew on a working cargo vessel. It was one of their last voyages. The shipping line has folded, and with it a way of life which lasted for more than a century.
This is Dea Birkett's story of her voyage from Lagos, along the West African coast and across the ocean to Liverpool, as a member of crew on a working cargo vessel - the only woman on board. It traces her slow, awkward progress from being a girl in a flowery dress who walked up the gangway in Apapa Docks, Lagos, to the boiler-suited cadet called "Jella" - "small boy" in the language of the Sierra Leonean crew. The book is also a testament to the men the author sailed with, the last of those who have been working the West African trade route for over a hundred years. This was to be one of their last voyages. The shipping line has folded, and with it the way of life at sea to which Dea Birkett was a last, privileged witness. She also wrote "Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers" and "Pitcairn".
This is Dea Birkett's story of her voyage from Lagos, along the West African coast and across the ocean to Liverpool, as a member of crew on a working cargo vessel - the only woman on board. It traces her slow, awkward progress from being a girl in a flowery dress who walked up the gangway in Apapa Docks, Lagos, to the boiler-suited cadet called "Jella" - "small boy" in the language of the Sierra Leonean crew. The book is also a testament to the men the author sailed with, the last of those who have been working the West African trade route for over a hundred years. This was to be one of their last voyages. The shipping line has folded, and with it the way of life at sea to which Dea Birkett was a last, privileged witness. She also wrote "Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers" and "Pitcairn".
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.9.1993 |
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| Zusatzinfo | map |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-575-05695-9 / 0575056959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-575-05695-4 / 9780575056954 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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