The Last Grain Race - Newby, Eric
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An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last à â Ë grain raceà â â of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.

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An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last à â Ë grain raceà â â of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.
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ERIC NEWBY was born in London in 1919 and was educated at St Paul¿s School. In 1938, he joined the four-masted Finnish barque `Moshulü as an apprentice and sailed in the last Grain Race from Ireland by way of Australia and Cape Horn. During World War II, he served in the Black Watch and the Special Boat Section. In 1942, he was captured and remained a prisoner-of-war until 1945. He subsequently married the girl who helped him escape, and for the next fifty years, his wife Wanda was at his side on many adventures. After the war, his world expanded still further ¿ into the fashion business and book publishing. Whatever else he was doing, Newby always travelled on a grand scale, either under his own steam or as the Travel Editor for the Observer. He was made a CBE in 1994 and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers in 2001. Eric Newby died in 2006.