Hard down! Hard down! : the life and times of Captain John Isbester from Shetland
Isbester, J. (Jack)2019
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'Hard Down! Hard Down!' describes the eventful life of a Shetland man in pursuit of his ambitions - to reach the top in his profession, to find a wife, to cherish a family, to do his job well and to be respected by his peers. The account is enlivened by extracts from numerous well-chosen family letters, diaries and postcards revealing the minutiae of shipboard and family life 120 years ago.
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Author:
Isbester, J. (Jack), author
Imprint:
Dunbeath, Caithness : Whittles Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781849954020 (pbk)
Dewey class:
387.5092387.5'092920 ISB920
LC class:
VK140
Language:
English
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BRN:
2453843
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