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Joseph Conrad : master mariner

Peter Villiers ; illustrated with paintings of vessels Joseph Conrad sailed in, by Mark Myers

Seafarer Books , Sheridan House, c2006

  • pbk. : UK
  • pbk. : US

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Note

"The novelist's life at sea, based on a previously unpublished study by Alan Villiers."

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

pbk. : UK ISBN 9780954706296

Description

"Joseph Conrad: Master Mariner" presents the sailing career of Joseph Conrad.
Volume

pbk. : US ISBN 9781574092448

Description

Before he published his first novel in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent twenty years in the merchant navy, eventually obtaining his master's ticket and commanding the barque Otago, in which he sailed a notable passage from Sydney to Mauritius. This book traces his sea-career, and shows how Captain Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, master mariner, became Joseph Conrad, master novelist. Conrad was injured on the Highland Forest, burned out of the Palestine, falsely censured for professional misconduct by the master of the Riversdale, survived a brief and dangerous posting as a river-boat captain on the Congo???and finally served as first officer on the famous Torrens, a passenger ship sailing between Adelaide and Great Britain.

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  • NCID
    BA85823875
  • ISBN
    • 9780954706296
    • 9781574092448
  • LCCN
    2007270582
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Rendlesham, Suffolk, England,Dobbs Ferry, NY
  • Pages/Volumes
    125 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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