The Last of Our Luggers

Pain, E.C.: 1929 Deal, T.F. Pain and Sons, hardcover with dust jacket, 174 pages. Illustrated with sketches, etchings and photographs. This historical account chronicles the maritime heritage, unique operations and daily lives of the local boatmen and their sailing luggers along the Kent coast during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The study documents first-hand details, personal anecdotes and daring rescues carried out by these brave crews in the treacherous waters of the Goodwin Sands. In very good condition.