A Name Among Seafaring Men by Wilhelm Grütter
$30.00
An illustrated history of South Africa’s training ship General Botha and the cadets who began their maritime careers aboard her. Wilhelm Grütter records the ship’s role in preparing generations of young men for life in the merchant fleet, with photographs and recollections of its seafaring community.
- Author: Wilhelm Grütter
- Publisher: T. B. F. Davis Memorial Sailing Trust
- Publication year: 1973
- Format: Hardback with dust jacket
- Pages: 173
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0620011513
- ISBN-13: 9780620011518
Condition: Hardback with dust jacket. The jacket has extensive surface rubbing, edge wear and small tears and chips, particularly at the spine ends and corners.
Book details
- Authors
- Wilhelm Grütter
- Publisher
- T. B. F. Davis Memorial Sailing Trust
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hardback with dust jacket
- Subjects
- Maritime History; Wilhelm Grütter; T. B. F. Davis Memorial Sailing Trust; VINTAGE BOOKS; South Africa; General Botha; Sail Training
- Page count
- 173
- ISBN-13
- 9780620011518
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: @SHOPFLOOR, BOOKS, GENERAL BOTHA, MARITIME, MARITIME HISTORY, NON FICTION, SAIL TRAINING, SOUTH AFRICA, T. B. F. DAVIS MEMORIAL SAILING TRUST, VINTAGE BOOKS, WILHELM GRÜTTER
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