Staithes

A Place Apart

Gloria Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2022
Lodestar Books (Verlag)
978-1-907206-63-4 (ISBN)

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In photographs, artworks, and words Gloria Wilson celebrates the rugged fishing village where she was brought up, and from which she set her course to a career recording, both visually and verbally, the North Sea fishery she loves. She writes:
In this intriguing place I have found a heady mix of seafaring activities, shorelines, inimitable fisher people, stalwart boats, notable marine artists, cats, dark seas and dashing spray, thick sepulchral fogs, the clutter of translucent fishing paraphernalia, folklore and local custom, and many architectural specialities, together with touches of joy, humour, absurdity, and melancholy, all set within a townscape and topography of distinctive and outstanding quality. Staithes has always been a working village, rugged and unpretentious, without attitude. Things have an elegance which results from useful function.

Gloria Wilson was born in Surrey but spent her childhood in the Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes. She studied at Durham University under Victor Pasmore and Kenneth Rowntree and gained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. She has written and illustrated many articles for maritime journals including Classic Boat, Fishing News, and Maritime Life and Traditions, and many books on the boats of the North Sea and Scottish fisheries. Gloria lived in Scotland for some years, but now lives and works in the north-east of England.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.09.2022
Zusatzinfo	Many colour and sepia tone illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 216 mm
Gewicht	470 g
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-907206-63-9 / 1907206639
ISBN-13	978-1-907206-63-4 / 9781907206634
Zustand	Neuware