Ups and Downs of a Lockkeeper

Jake Kavanagh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2009
Adlard Coles Nautical (Verlag)
978-1-4081-1441-4 (ISBN)

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A light-hearted look at the lockkeeper's job, be it a rural little lock on the canals, or an ultra-modern affair at a huge marina. Jake Kavanagh presents a humorous survey, in cartoons and anecdotes, of the scrapes people get into when trying to use locks.

A light-hearted look at the lock-keeper's job, be it a rural little lock on the canals, or an ultra-modern affair at a huge marina. Jake Kavanagh presents a humorous survey, using his inimitable cartoons and anecdotes, of the scrapes people get into when trying to use locks. He focuses on notable events like the Henley Regatta which afford many opportunities for horrors to unfold. Readers have enjoyed Jake's tales for decades; this is the perfect book for his devotees. 'Do not read this book while edging your 52ft hired narrow boat towards an impossibly small lock. It would seriously damage shipping.' Southern Evening Echo 'Excellent reading whilst queuing for those over-busy Thames locks on a summer weekend.' Waterways World

Jake Kavanagh was born into a boating family and for many years lived by the Thames at Marlow. After a variety of jobs, the River eventually drew him back; Jake joined the Thames Water Authority as a lockkeeper, working the locks around Windsor for many years. Jake, well known as a boating cartoonist and freelance boating writer, is also the author of Worse Things Happen at Sea, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2009
Zusatzinfo	Cartoons throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	198 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-10	1-4081-1441-0 / 1408114410
ISBN-13	978-1-4081-1441-4 / 9781408114414
Zustand	Neuware