North Cape

Longmans, Green and Co. 1939, good condition without dustwrapper, binding firm, previous owner's name penned out on front enepaper

The author ships out on a North Sea trawler from Grimsby just before the start of WWII. He performs some deck hand duties but is really a spectator to the life and trails of the fishermen he is living with. The voyage to the waters around Iceland lasts three weeks and the narrative provides a slice-of-life view into working sailors from a different age. The book includes 20 photographic plates...