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Coasting Bargemaster

Des Sleightholme author Archie White author A W Roberts author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

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This account gives a vivid picture of the romance and realism of coastal trade, initially in a schooner, then in Thames spiritsail sailing barges before and during the war. The author tells of the havoc wrought by barges caught out in severe gales and the hazards of plying trade in wartime.

ISBN: 9780953818013

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: unknown

176 pages