George Fetherling 
Running Away to Sea 
Round the World on a Tramp Freighter

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At a turning point in his life, George Fetherling embarked on an adventure to sail round the world on one of the last of the tramp freighters. The four-month voyage carried him 30, 000 nautical miles from Europe via the Panama Canal to the South Pacific and back by way of Singapore, Indonesia, the Indian Ocean, and Suez.


Written with dash, colour, and droll humour, Fetherling’s narrative is peopled by a rich cast of characters, from the Foreign Legionnaires of French Polynesia to the raskol gangs of Papua New Guinea. The author captures the reality of life aboard a working cargo ship – the boredom, the seclusion, the differences of nationality and culture that isolation and cramped quarters seem to exaggerate. But the routine of loneliness or tranquility is punctuated by moments of near-panic – shipboard fires, furniture-smashing storms, even a brush with pirates in the Straits of Malacca.

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Over de auteur

George Fetherling is a poet, fiction writer, and voyager. Among his many books are Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties and Running Away to Sea: Round the World on a Tramp Freighter. He published under the name Douglas Fetherling until 1999, and thereafter under the name George in honour of his late father. He lives in Vancouver.
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Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 240 ● ISBN 9781770705197 ● Bestandsgrootte 0.6 MB ● Uitgeverij Dundurn ● Stad Toronto ● Land CA ● Gepubliceerd 2008 ● Editie 2 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2482662 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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