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The Last Grain Race is an enormously entertaining book about an extraordinary adventure at the end of the era of sail. Newby is an extremely self-effacing and likeable narrator and the book is /5(67).

An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Ina young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to Europe/5().

The Last Grain Race is Eric Newby's spell-binding account of his time spent on the Moshulu's last voyage in the Australian grain trade. As always, Eric Newby's sharp eye for detail captures the hardships, danger, squabbles, companionship and sheer joy of shipboard life - bedbugs, ferocious storms, eccentric Finnish crew and by: 6.

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Grain Race or The Great Grain Race was the informal name for the annual windjammer sailing season generally from South Australia's grain ports on Spencer Gulf to Lizard Point, Cornwall on the southwesternmost coast of the United Kingdom, or to specific ports. A good, fast passage Australia-to-England via Cape Horn was considered anything under days.

The Last Grain Race is not sailing in the sun and spray but rather a vivid tale of life before the mast. It is remarkable that a young English lad of 18 signed on as a raw Thel ast grain race book on a steel four masted bark in and wrote about his life sailing to Australia around the Cape of Good Hope and home via Cape Horn.

The work is punishing, terrifying Reviews:   The Last Grain Race is not sailing in the sun and spray but rather a vivid tale of life before the mast.

It is remarkable that a young English lad of 18 signed on as a raw hand on a steel four masted bark in and wrote about his life sailing to Australia around the Cape of Good Hope and home via Cape Horn/5(). Download Full The Last Grain Race Book in PDF, EPUB, Mobi and All Ebook Format.

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Buy a cheap copy of The Last Grain Race book by Eric Newby. In an eighteen-year-old boy signed on for the round trip from Europe to Australia in the last commercial sailing fleet to make that formidable journey. The Free shipping over $Cited by: 6. First published in'The Last Grain Race', featuring many photographs from the author's personal collection, celebrates both the spirit of adventure and the thrill of sailing on the high seas.

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An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Ina young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to Europe.