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N by E

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A glorious story of adventure when Kent and two friends sailed on a private schooner from Labrador and Newfoundland to Greenland. We are carried along through deep fogs, icebergs, storms and calms until the men are shipwrecked in a violent storm on Greenland's rocky shore. The story also presents an absorbing and tender tale of the relationships of Kent with the people of Newfoundland, his two shipmates and the Stone Age Eskimos of Greenland -- who threw him a highly successful party in spite of the language barrier. Kent illustrated the text with over 100 magnificent sketches and woodblock drawings that in themselves are worth the price.

Rockwell Kent is arrogant, verbose, and totally charming. N by E is his account of a near-disastrous sailing trip to Greenland via Labrador and the Davis Strait, undertaken in the late 1920's. His beautiful woodcuts illustrate nearly every other page, and Kent's mix of intelligence, enthusiasm, and attitude are the perfect complement to his art.

North by East is truly one of the greatest sailing books I have ever read. High adventure through the eyes of a true poet and artist.

I came across a 1930 hardcover edition on eBay. It is in excellent condition and I snapped it up at less than twenty dollars. Now I'm afraid to handle it. I had two hard cover copies which I bought at a Princeton University bookstore sale for five dollars each. Gave one to a friend on his birthday and loaned the other to our minister who has STILL not returned it (hope he reads this).

Why isn't this book on Kindle?

An amazing saga of a man facing the harshest elements of sea and land, with pictures outdueling prose...but only barely!

please get in touch with me, I have a book that I have had for twenty some odd years I know that after researching Rockwell Kent that someone can give me a historical and monetary value, it was edited by Rockell Kent in 1939, it has the most beutiful paintings from world famous painters. Hence the title World famous Paintings.