The Way of a Ship: A Square-rigger Voyage in the Last days of Sail. Lundy, Derek. Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2002. First Edition. Signed by author. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 449pp., maps, diagrams. In fine, unread condition.
Derek Lundy’s ancestor, Benjamin Lundy, crossed oceans under sail in the late nineteenth century. In The Way of a Ship, the author recreated Benjamin’s life on board the Beara Head with a community of fellow seamen as they perform the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the Atlantic and round Cape Horn. A mesmerizing account of life on board a square-rigger, a remarkable reconstruction of a harrowing voyage through the most dangerous waters.
