The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow ：A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea

Publication subTitle ：A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea

Author： Mackinnon   A. J.  

Publisher： Sheridan House‎

Publication year： 2002

E-ISBN: 9781574093438

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781574091526

Subject： F59 Tourism Economy;G8 P.E;K81 Biography

Keyword： 旅游经济,体育,传记

Language： ENG

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The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow

Description

Mackinnon recounts his own fascinating journey from north Wales to the Black Sea in a small Mirror dinghy. A marvelous madcap adventure, told with verve and humor by the indefatigable ‘captain.’

Chapter

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Part One - Bumping into Places

Teacher's Thief

The Dinghy and the Dreamer

Departure and Dismay

Sails and Stained Glass

Rapids and Repairs

Steam Trains and Smooth Sailing

High Tide to Bristol

Wi' a Hundred Locks an' A' an' A'

Death and the Dreaming Spires

Return to Reading

Capsize and Colleges

London and the Law

Part Two - Caution to the Winds

Dooms and Delays

Tide on the Thames

Of Shallows and Shipwreck

Cake and Carpentry

Dashing to Dover

Crossing to Calais

Dead Dogs and Englishmen …

Et in Arcadia Ego

Farewell to France

A Jollyboat in Germany

Contrary Currents and Kindness

The Kaiser's Canal

Pigeons and Palaces

Into the East

Proud Hearts and Empty Pockets

Bad Times in Bulgaria

The Wings of the Morning

About the Author

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