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|title=Down to the Sea in Ships

|author=Horatio Clare

|publisher=Vintage

|date=February 2015

|summary=A gripping look at a way of life that is long gone from many parts of the world, ''Down to the Sea in Ships'' sweeps the reader up in a wave of history, biography and adventure.

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Inspired by a chance read of ''Moby Dick'', the aptly named Horatio Clare applies to be a writer in residence for a shipping company. They accept, and he travels with them on two voyages - one from Felixstowe to Los Angeles, and the other from Antwerp to Montreal.