He wrote children's books from 1995 until his death in 2005. Not sure i'd recommend to a friend. So much of the stuff that surrounds us and on which we depend is moved around the world by a constant flow of international shipping, almost all of it in containerised form. In this he fails (there is simply too MUCH sea for one, or two hundred pages), but the descriptions and impressions are delightful and, well, impressive. An excellent book on a much missed Industry, Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2014. :). Very ordinary book and nothing like I was expecting.
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A world most never see or consider but without which we would flounder. Civilization would halt. I have been to sea. Part of the problem is that a lot of what you see in and from a container ship is (perhaps) rather dull and ugly. Welcome back. As a writer in residence he's able to transcend the boundaries of the ships' hierarchies and get sympathetically in the heads of all on board. Down to the Sea in Ships ( 1949) Down to the Sea in Ships. This book is very beautifully written and successfully plunges you into the world of seafarers. This book needs to come with a warning..."Be warned those who are easily influenced by what they read, you may find yourself at sea". Rather than pick out any of his land-based journey books, which would perhaps sit nicely alongside Sebald, Deakin, MacFarlane etc, I somewhat randomly chose this. The prolific and beloved author John Grisham, known for his courtroom thrillers, is back this month with a new pageturner, A Time for Mercy,... Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us.
Having been entranced by his observational acuity and prose, I was eager for more. I was recommended this book on a podcast as a way of getting some insight into the lives of modern seamen.
This is a wonderfully written story of the people who live and work the world's shipping lanes. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Even perishable goods are not exempt -- the insanity of trans. It's an intriguing ethnography of the tribal bands who populate the high seas, bringing those endless containers of the stuff we seem to need "getting and spending, we lay waste our powers". He discovered the endless hardship of men who sail the seas for months at a time, with perhaps only one or two days in port, delivering all the goods that we take for granted: on one ship "350 tonnes of Tanzanian seaweed fertilizer for the prairies; 34 tonnes of Belgian chocolate;90 tonnes of Argentinian milk sent to Europe to go to Canada. Down to the Sea in Ships by Horatio Clare – review. Superb descriptive prose that vividly brings to life the day-to-day lives - & inequalities! The captain disdainfully regards Dan as one of the "new breed" of whalers, who, in his mind, aren't completely up to … Very glad I did. He concludes--after his journey on a large container ship through the Med all the way to China and then across the Atlantic from the Netherlands to Montreal--that.
These ordinary men live extraordinary lives, subject to dangers and difficulties we can only imagine, from hurricanes and pirates to years of confinement in hazardous, if not hellish, environments.
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An insight into how the world really works. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War by Bruce Henderson Paperback $10.99. Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men. Absolutely lived up to the many great reviews - best book about the sea & life aboard that I’ve ever read! I'm the latter case. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published The author managed to get himself invited to be the "house writer" for the Maersk Group, one of the largest shipping lines in the world. Many have written absolutely dry and dastardly books about ship life (IMO as a librarian in a library with a significant maritime collection), but he does keep me flipping the pages, googling the nautical jargon, checking Google Maps for where the Bay of Biscay is and even youtubing what the unlashing of containers is about (Clare devotes 2 pages to its description). A reader can only appreciate so many descriptions of the colour of the sea and of various types of birds landing on containers an.
Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This book is very beautifully written and successfully plunges you into the world of seafarers. A container box that is. It does, however, suffer from its excessive length.
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. The author was the narrator/walker recreating Bach's walk to Lübeck, which came on the radio on Christmas Eve. Having been entranced by his observational acuity and prose, I was eager for more. Editorial Reviews.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014. good quality writing on a part of maritime trade, not often covered. As a writer in residence he's able to transcend the boundaries of the ships' hierarchies and get sympathetically in the heads of all on board. Just struggled a bit with the writing style. Clare is bloody funny. Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2014. The author takes 2 different Maersk container ship voyages, firstly to Asia from the UK then Europe to the USA. Approved | 2h | Action, Adventure, Drama | 1949 (UK) Whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling trip to teach him core life values while First Mate Dan Lunceford is tasked with tutoring Jed. In port, the crew step ashore, buy loads of the consumer goods they spend their lives transporting, and take them back across the ocean. I enjoyed reading this book hugely.
The author managed to keep my attention for at least half the book and then the details of life at sea on a merchant marine ship began to grow tedious. If you daydream about going to sea get both books. intriguing and impressive account of the men of the sea, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2018. Something went wrong. I guess it's the poetry aspect, it gets me every time. I would have enjoyed them even more had the book contained a few maps to illustrate his routes. I enjoyed this account of travelling on container ships -- it's a mixture of poetry, travelogue, history, and most of all an account of globalisation from the sharp end -- the men (they are, almost exclusively) who transport goods from one side of the world to the other. These containers are shipped in their millions back and forth oceans and round the world every year. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2018. Please try again. As far as I know the only book on container ships. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Thanks to that trust I followed his digressions happily and found his digressions and what biases he reveals welcome and appreciated. You get the impression that a lot of these ships are death traps (though not the ones he is on). I'm the latter case. Please try again.
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deckhand whose job is protected by the Jones Act. What story here? Everyone should read this book. The author was the narrator/walker recreating Bach's walk to Lübeck, which came on the radio on Christmas Eve. Thanks to a review in the Economist I read Ice Breaker: A Voyage Far North first and wanted more, ordered Down to the Sea in Ships and was delighted by its comparative thickness. Unable to add item to List. I am a budding marine engineer and read this to really fined out about life on ship. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. With wonder and humor, Sturges and Laroche celebrate the beauty of theamazing vessels that have sailed through time, down to the sea, including a canoe, Viking drakar, whaling boat, steamboats, schooners, cruise ship, sailboats and more. This full-blooded saga of the 19th century whaling industry stars Lionel Barrymore as tough old salt Captain Bering Joy and Dean Stockwell as his grandson Jed.
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I loved this book. Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018.
For the price it was not good value at all. It was utterly absorbing. A world most never see or consider but without which we would flounder. Thrilling and fascinating! Quality of writing is ok but unimpressive. I give this book 4 Stars - as a person who is intimately involved in placing passengers on board freighters - I though this publication was well researched and well presented/ Certainly it was worth the price. (Vikings, Magellan, whaling, the invention of steam ships, etc.) A reader can only appreciate so many descriptions of the colour of the sea and of various types of birds landing on containers and I ultimately found it difficult to stay interested at times. As the ships cross seas of history and incident, seafarers unfold the stories of their lives, and a beautiful and terrifying portrait of the oceans and their human subjects emerges. Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. This was the question for which Horatio Clare sought an answer when he signed on for two voyages on container ships. I read this cover to cover. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. January 2nd 2014 In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ships which keep landed life afloat. Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us.
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