A Challengers Song Pearson Philip
A sensitive and lovingly told story mixing fact, action, letters, journals, song and oral history.Pearson writes with a rich clarity and intelligence about his great grandfather, Charlie Collins, the…
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A sensitive and lovingly told story mixing fact, action, letters, journals, song and oral history.Pearson writes with a rich clarity and intelligence about his great grandfather, Charlie Collins, the boy who ran away to sea to become head stoker on the celebrated scientific expedition of the HMS Challenger (1872-76). Finding his feet as a blacksmith back in Brighton with wife Mary and family, we learn about the joys, hardships and everyday heroism of their lives within the grand sweep of 19th Century history.Andrea Watts, writer and creative writing tutorIn 1872, HMS Challenger, powered by sail and steam, left Portsmouth for an epic voyage of ocean exploration. A Challenger's Song combines a lifetime reimagined with a fresh account of the voyage seen through the eyes of the crew and scientists, drawing on their own letters and accounts. 'I had read about the voyage of HMS
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