Rough Seas (eBook)

The Life of a Deep-Sea Trawlerman

James Greene (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-7835-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A trawlerman's life was hard, often up against bad weather, rough seas and black frosts, although on calm days it was a pleasure to be at sea. In this eventful memoir, deep-sea trawlerman James Greene relates his life at sea, from his childhood when his father would take him out in some of the worst gales and hurricanes imaginable to his early career as a deckhand learner, obtaining his skipper's ticket, and the many experiences - both disastrous and otherwise - to occur throughout his time at sea. During his career he was involved in ship collisions and fires, arrested for poaching, fired upon by Icelandic gunboats, in countless storms and even swept overboard in icy conditions off the Russian coast. The British trawling industry is largely a bygone age and people are beginning to forget the adventures, hardships and joys that characterised this most dangerous of professions. This book seeks to keep the memories of a once great industry alive.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: british trawling industry • Dangerous Jobs • dangerous profession • deckhand learner • gales • Hurricanes • icelandic gunboats • james greeme • life at sea • overboard • poaching • skipper's ticket • storms • the life of a deep-sea trawlerman • the life of a deep-sea trawlerman, james greeme, life at sea, gales, hurricanes, deckhand learner, skipper's ticket, poaching, icelandic gunboats, storms, overboard, british trawling industry, dangerous profession, dangerous jobs,
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-7835-4 / 0752478354
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-7835-7 / 9780752478357