Alan Villiers: Voyager of the Winds

Hardback

Main Details

Title Alan Villiers: Voyager of the Winds
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Lance
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Geographical discovery and exploration
ISBN/Barcode 9781742230191
ClassificationsDewey:920
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher UNSW Press
Imprint UNSW Press
Publication Date 1 March 2009
Publication Country Australia

Description

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. In 1921, after a lucky break won him a job as a journalist on the Hobart Mercury, he produced his first book based on his experience on a whaling expedition to the Antarctic, soon followed by his account of the voyage of the Herzogin Cecilie from Australia to Great Britain. Over the next decades he sailed all over the world, including his own ship, the Joseph Conrad. Lance depicts the legendary sailor as a man of contradictions, who lived for the sea and adventure, and who is now respected and recognised as a brilliant writer, photographer, journalist and adventurer.