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Author: Sam Jefferson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Adlard Coles Nautical
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.256kg
ISBN: 9781472941022
ISBN 10: 1472941020
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 09 February 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The story is engagingly told by distinguished journalist and maritime historian, Sam Jefferson. Gentleman's Journal Sam Jefferson's story is written with style, colour and wit. A cracking yarn. Boat International Entertaining Daily Mail a jaunty and surprise-packed retelling of a wonderful story, which leaves readers with an abundance of good yarns to recount on their next night watch Times Literary Supplement entertaining tale of yachting history and sybaritic excess Guardian Sailors in particular will enjoy this harrowing story Sailing (US) It's hard not to love a seas story that seems too outrageous to be true and such is the case with Gordon Bennett Soundings (US) Biographer Sam Jefferson paints a colourful picture of James Gordon Bennett, as playboy, bon viveur and ardent yachtsman whose drinking gets him into a host of scrapes. Yachting Monthly
The story is engagingly told by distinguished journalist and maritime historian, Sam Jefferson. * Gentleman's Journal * Sam Jefferson's story is written with style, colour and wit. A cracking yarn. * Boat International * Entertaining * Daily Mail * a jaunty and surprise-packed retelling of a wonderful story, which leaves readers with an abundance of good yarns to recount on their next night watch * Times Literary Supplement * entertaining tale of yachting history and sybaritic excess * Guardian * Sailors in particular will enjoy this harrowing story * Sailing (US) * It's hard not to love a seas story that seems too outrageous to be true and such is the case with Gordon Bennett * Soundings (US) * Biographer Sam Jefferson paints a colourful picture of James Gordon Bennett, as playboy, bon viveur and ardent yachtsman whose drinking gets him into a host of scrapes. * Yachting Monthly * A breathtaking survey of the 1866 transatlantic yacht race. * Vanity Fair *
The story is engagingly told by distinguished journalist and maritime historian, Sam Jefferson. * Gentleman's Journal * Sam Jefferson's story is written with style, colour and wit. A cracking yarn. * Boat International * Entertaining * Daily Mail * a jaunty and surprise-packed retelling of a wonderful story, which leaves readers with an abundance of good yarns to recount on their next night watch * Times Literary Supplement * entertaining tale of yachting history and sybaritic excess * Guardian * Sailors in particular will enjoy this harrowing story * Sailing (US) * It’s hard not to love a seas story that seems too outrageous to be true and such is the case with Gordon Bennett * Soundings (US) * Biographer Sam Jefferson paints a colourful picture of James Gordon Bennett, as playboy, bon viveur and ardent yachtsman whose drinking gets him into a host of scrapes. * Yachting Monthly * A breathtaking survey of the 1866 transatlantic yacht race. * Vanity Fair *
The story is engagingly told by distinguished journalist and maritime historian, Sam Jefferson. Gentleman's Journal Sam Jefferson's story is written with style, colour and wit. A cracking yarn. Boat International Entertaining Daily Mail a jaunty and surprise-packed retelling of a wonderful story, which leaves readers with an abundance of good yarns to recount on their next night watch Times Literary Supplement entertaining tale of yachting history and sybaritic excess Guardian Sailors in particular will enjoy this harrowing story Sailing (US) It's hard not to love a seas story that seems too outrageous to be true and such is the case with Gordon Bennett Soundings (US) Biographer Sam Jefferson paints a colourful picture of James Gordon Bennett, as playboy, bon viveur and ardent yachtsman whose drinking gets him into a host of scrapes. Yachting Monthly A breathtaking survey of the 1866 transatlantic yacht race. Vanity Fair
Author Information
Sam Jefferson is a journalist and maritime historian, and is one of the leading authorities on the clipper ship era. He is a former Deputy Editor of Sailing Today, and writes regularly for Classic Boat, Sailing Today and Traditional Boats and Tall Ships. He is the author of Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail and Sea Fever, both published by Bloomsbury.
