A B Sea: A Loose-Footed Lexicon

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Sheridan House, Inc., 2003 - 362 pages
This entertaining dictionary of the language and legends of seafarers of the 21st century contains all the words known by Jack Lagan about the sea which turns out to be hundreds of terms ranging from bumkin and fiddle block, to global positioning system and whisky. The cross-referenced definitions
 

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About the author (2003)

Jack Lagan is a writer who has been sailing since the 1960's. As a navigator, he believes that those who travel on the sea should have one GPS set stowed in the chart table and 500 years of nautical history stowed in their hearts.

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