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Ocean Titans: Journeys in Search of the Soul of a Ship
A journey into the world of merchant shipping from the shipyards in Korea, to a crossing of the North Atlantic in a ferocious gale, and into the boardroom of a wealthy ship owner in Monaco. Learn how a captain masters his craft, why a deckhand spends nine months at sea and how a ship is broken up on the shores of India. Daniel Sekulich is a masterful writer in the vein of John McPhee, with an observant eye and a gift for sparkling detail.
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242 pages, Hardcover
First published March 10, 2006
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June 30, 2008
Daniel Sekulich is an award winning Canadian documentary film maker. In Ocean titans, his first book, he certainly conveys a visual experience; the book unfolds much like a film. The reader is always kept in the present; travelling with the Author as he travels the globe tracing the life of modern shipping vessels and the crewmen of the merchant navy. Information is mostly presented again in a documentary style, coming from conversations with those involved with shipping.
Sekulich has wonderful descriptive abilities; able to paint a clear portrait of sights that would be unfamiliar and perhaps inconceivable to the average person. He is sometimes given to being overly romantic, but considering the subtitle of the book; "journeys in search of the soul of a ship", this is perhaps not unexpected. I enjoyed reading this book but at times it did not hold my attention and considering that I am interested in the subject I do not know if it would be able to entertain those with a marginal interest.
One last point, the cover photograph, The picture above is such a fine image, I can not understand why the edition I obtained, the hardback, has a dull illustration and disconcertingly arranged text. Why?
Sekulich has wonderful descriptive abilities; able to paint a clear portrait of sights that would be unfamiliar and perhaps inconceivable to the average person. He is sometimes given to being overly romantic, but considering the subtitle of the book; "journeys in search of the soul of a ship", this is perhaps not unexpected. I enjoyed reading this book but at times it did not hold my attention and considering that I am interested in the subject I do not know if it would be able to entertain those with a marginal interest.
One last point, the cover photograph, The picture above is such a fine image, I can not understand why the edition I obtained, the hardback, has a dull illustration and disconcertingly arranged text. Why?
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