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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101408124408

ISBN-139781408124406

eBay Product ID (ePID)99633640

Product Key Features

Book TitlePeyton : the World's Greatest Yachting Cartoonist

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicBoating, Techniques / Cartooning, Cultural Heritage, Sailing

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDick Durham

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsMike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings., "Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades." Yachting Life "This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages." Yachting Monthly "Great read." Classic Boat & The Boatman "Mike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings." Practical Boat Owner "When we laugh at Mike Peyton's cartoons we laugh with empathy because we are laughing at ourselves." Yachting World "An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended." Nautical Magazine "Peyton is a thoroughly enjoyable read, describing the life of an extraordinary man, rightly described as the world's greatest yachting cartoonist." Lifeboat Magazine, Peyton is a thoroughly enjoyable read, describing the life of an extraordinary man, rightly described as the world's greatest yachting cartoonist., 'An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended.', "Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades." -- Yachting Life "This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages." -- Yachting Monthly "Great read." -- Classic Boat & The Boatman "Mike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings." -- Practical Boat Owner "When we laugh at Mike Peyton's cartoons we laugh with empathy because we are laughing at ourselves." -- Yachting World "An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended." -- Nautical Magazine "Peyton is a thoroughly enjoyable read, describing the life of an extraordinary man, rightly described as the world's greatest yachting cartoonist." -- Lifeboat Magazine, "Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades."Yachting Life "This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages."Yachting Monthly "Great read."Classic Boat & The Boatman "Mike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings."Practical Boat Owner "When we laugh at Mike Peyton's cartoons we laugh with empathy because we are laughing at ourselves."Yachting World "An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended."Nautical Magazine "Peyton is a thoroughly enjoyable read, describing the life of an extraordinary man, rightly described as the world's greatest yachting cartoonist."Lifeboat Magazine, 'For those of us who grew up with magazines like Yachting Monthly and Motorboat & Yachting before the arrival of canal magazines, this book is a must!', 'Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades.', An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended., "Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades."- Yachting Life "This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages."- Yachting Monthly "Great read."- Classic Boat & The Boatman "Mike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings."- Practical Boat Owner "When we laugh at Mike Peyton's cartoons we laugh with empathy because we are laughing at ourselves."- Yachting World "An extremely good book, accompanied by many photographs. The author has done Mike proud, and this is a great biography. A very interesting book and recommended."- Nautical Magazine "Peyton is a thoroughly enjoyable read, describing the life of an extraordinary man, rightly described as the world's greatest yachting cartoonist."- Lifeboat Magazine , This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages., 'When we laugh at Mike Peyton's cartoons we laugh with empathy because we are laughing at ourselves.', 'Mike Peyton's cartoons have enriched PBO for over 30 years, and this book tells the story of the maverick behind the drawings.', 'This gem of a book is a hugely entertaining and revealing portrait of a man whose gentle, good humour shines through the pages.', Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades.

Dewey Decimal741.5092

SynopsisMike Peyton is the world's most famous nautical cartoonist. This authorised biography, complete with many of his iconic cartoons, has been written by Dick Durham - ex Fleet Street journalist, Yachting Monthly's Features Editor and Mike's lifelong friend. Dick romps through Mike's life, from his early schoolboy sketches to being seconded by the intelligence corps during World War Two to draw maps of the North African deserts, from there running a PoW newspaper, and, back in the UK, going on to work as a freelance cartoonist on such as diverse titles as the Church of England Times and Corsetry and Underwear. Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades., The authorised biography of the nautical world's best-known and much loved cartoonist Mike Peyton, in his 90th year., Mike Peyton is the world's most famous nautical cartoonist. This authorised biography, complete with many of his iconic cartoons, has been written by Dick Durham - ex Fleet Street journalist, Yachting Monthly's Features Editor and Mike's lifelong friend. ..Dick romps through Mike's life, from his early schoolboy sketches to being seconded by the intelligence corps during World War Two to draw maps of the North African deserts, from there running a PoW newspaper, and, back in the UK, going on to work as a freelance cartoonist on such as diverse titles as the Church of England Times and Corsetry and Underwear. Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humour scene for well over seven decades..., Mike Peyton is the world's most famous nautical cartoonist - the Matt or Giles of the sailing world. This is his authorized biography, complete with many of his iconic cartoons, written by Dick Durham - ex Fleet Street journalist, Yachting Monthly's Features Editor and Mike's lifelong friend. Dick romps through Mike's life, from his early schoolboy sketches to being seconded by the intelligence corps during World War Two to draw maps of the North African deserts, from there running a PoW newspaper, and, back in the UK, going on to work as a freelance cartoonist on as diverse titles as the Church of England Times and Corsetry & Underwear. Sympathetic, entertaining and insightful, this is the long-deserved biography of a man who has dominated the nautical humor scene for well over seven decades.

LC Classification NumberNC1479