How to build a boat: a father, his daughter, and the unsailed sea
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Published:
New York : Scribner, 2019., ©2018
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Book
Edition:
First Scribner Hardcover Edition.
Physical Desc:
xii, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Status:
1 copy on order.
Description
Part ode to building something with one's hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story. Once an essential skill, the ability to build a clinker boat, first innovated by the Vikings, can seem incomprehensible today. Yet it was the clinker, with its overlapping planks, that afforded us access to the oceans, and its construction has become a lost art that calls to the do-it-yourselfer in all of us. John Gornall heard the call. A thoroughly unskilled modern man, Gornall set out to build a traditional wooden boat as a gift for his newborn daughter. It was, he recognized, a ridiculously quixotic challenge for a man who knew little about woodworking and even less about boat-building. He wasn't even sure what type of wood he should use, the tools he'd need, or where on earth he'd build the boat. He had much to consider...and even more to learn. But, undaunted, he embarked on a voyage of rediscovery, determined to navigate his way back to a time when we could fashion our future and leave our mark on history using only time-honored skills and the materials at hand. His journey began in East Anglia, on England's rocky eastern coast. If all went according to plan, it would end with a great adventure, as father and daughter cast off together for a voyage of discovery that neither would forget, and both would treasure until the end of their days. Celebrating the art of boat-building, the simple pleasures of working with your hands, and the aspirations and glory of new fatherhood.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781501199394
Notes
General Note
Part ode to building something with one’s hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure. Once an essential skill, the ability to build a clinker boat, first innovated by the Vikings, can seem incomprehensible today. Yet it was the clinker, with its overlapping planks, that afforded us access to the oceans, and its construction has become a lost art that calls to the do-it-yourselfer in all of us. John Gornall heard the call. A thoroughly unskilled modern man, Gornall set out to build a traditional wooden boat as a gift for his newborn daughter. It was, he recognized, a ridiculously quixotic challenge for a man who knew little about woodworking and even less about boat-building. He wasn’t even sure what type of wood he should use, the tools he’d need, or where on earth he'd build the boat. He had much to consider…and even more to learn. But, undaunted, he embarked on a voyage of rediscovery, determined to navigate his way back to a time when we could fashion our future and leave our mark on history using only time-honored skills and the materials at hand. His journey began in East Anglia, on England’s rocky eastern coast. If all went according to plan, it would end with a great adventure, as father and daughter cast off together for a voyage of discovery that neither would forget, and both would treasure until the end of their days. How to Build a Boat celebrates the art of boat-building, the simple pleasures of working with your hands, and the aspirations and glory of new fatherhood.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Gornall, J. (2019). How to build a boat: a father, his daughter, and the unsailed sea. First Scribner Hardcover Edition. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gornall, Jonathan. 2019. How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gornall, Jonathan, How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea. New York, Scribner, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gornall, Jonathan. How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea. First Scribner Hardcover Edition. New York, Scribner, 2019.
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