Narrow Boats

by Tom Chaplin

The traditional cargo-carrying narrowboat - recently voted one of the 100 icons of England - emerged with the construction of the narrow canal network and lasted in until 1970 when the last regular long-distance contract was lost. Up until then, working boat families lived aboard according to their own culture and work ethic. Narrow Boats explores this, explains why their way of life persisted for so long, and looks at why and how it has changed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445669978
• ISBN13: 9781445669977
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"