Steaming to Bamboola

Steaming to Bamboola The World of a Tramp Freighter

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Columbianna, an ancient tramp steamer with a notably eccentric crew, 200 layers of paint on her decks, a sailing history going back to 1945, and demons in her plumbing, was crossing the Atlantic for the umpteenth time-but on this occasion with a sharp-eyed observer, whose brilliant account brings to life the harshness, humor, and bizarreness of life on board. Steaming to Bamboola is a story of the author's time at sea. He tells first-hand about typhoons, cargoes, smuggling, mid-ocean burials, rescues, stowaways, hard places, hard drinking and hard romance. It is the tale of a ship and her crew, men fated to wander for a living--always steaming to, but never quite reaching, Bamboola. The was the first book by renowned author and humorist Christopher Buckley, which was originally published in 1982 to glowing reviews. Forty years and over a twenty books and hundreds of articles later, Buckley introduces Columbianna and her roguish crew to a new generation of readers.

Book information

ISBN: 9781493073924
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Imprint: The Lyons Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 910.41
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 340g
Height: 140mm
Width: 217mm
Spine width: 17mm