Narrow Boat is a beautifully written, classic elegy for a world now lost to us. It was greeted with great enthusiasm on its publication just before the end of WW2 and led to the formation of the Inland Waterways Association in 1946, and so to the rescue of many of Britain’s canals.
Tom Rolt’s Narrow Boat is a timeless story of a 400-mile journey on the canals of the Midlands aboard the narrow boat Cressy. First published in 1944 and still in print today, the book recounts Rolt and his wife’s adaptation of Cressy as their home and the encounters they had with boatmen and their crafts along the way. Narrow Boat is a beautifully written tribute to a world that has since vanished. It was widely acclaimed upon its release just before the end of World War II and played a significant role in the formation of the Inland Waterways Association in 1946, which helped save many of Britain’s canals.
This is the book’s paperback version – a hardback edition is also available.
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