| Description |
xii, 307 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Hell and Melbourne -- 2.This Was Sailing! -- 3.What Could a Girl Like Me Do? -- 4.He Is Dead -- 5.Daphne at Sea -- 6.Apprentice Girl -- 7.An Exquisite Moment -- 8.There Cannot Be Two Voyages Such As This -- 9.Adrift in Arabia -- 10.Aircraftwoman Wills -- 11.The Terrific Business of Moving Armies -- 12.Sail's Time Is Up -- 13.Mayflower and Marcel B -- 14.Return to Cape Horn -- 15.Voyage into the Unknown -- Appendix A Production of Four-Masted Iron and Steel Merchant Vessels -- Appendix B Metric Conversion Table -- Books by Alan Villiers in Chronological Order -- Articles by Alan Villiers for the National Geographic Magazine in Chronological Order |
| Summary |
In this first full biography of Alan Villiers, based on extensive research in both Australia and England, Kate Lance has produced a fascinating portrait of Villiers and the world he inhabited. Alan Villiers was born in Melbourne in 1903 and, from boyhood, had a passion for the sea and sailing |
| Notes |
First published by National Maritime Museum, London, 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index |
| Subject |
Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982 -- Travel.
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Villiers, Alan, 1903-1982.
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Photographers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Sailors -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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| LC no. |
2009483512 |
| ISBN |
9781742230191 (hbk.) |
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