Adrift : the curious tale of the Lego lost at sea / Tracey Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Tracey, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

LEGO toys--History--20th century.

LEGO toys.

Beachcombing--England--Cornwall (County).

Beachcombing.

Marine accidents--England--Cornwall (County).

Marine accidents.

England--Cornwall (County).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

183 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Unicorn Publishing Group 2022.

Summary:

In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one container filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea themed. In the months that followed, beachcombers started to find Lego washed up on beaches across the south west coast. Among the pieces they discovered were octopuses, sea grass, spear guns, life rafts, scuba tanks, cutlasses, flippers and dragons. The pieces are still washing up today. Writer and beachcomber Tracey Williams has always been intrigued by chance finds and the stories and folklore behind them, from shells and sea glass discovered on childhood holidays in Cornwall to flints and fossils unearthed in fields. In 1997, after finding thousands of pieces of sea-themed Lego washed up on beaches in South Devon, she became interested in the changing nature of beach combing and began to research the age and origin of many of the man made items she discovered. Her plastic finds have since been described as "a colourful catalogue of our times". She lives in Cornwall in an old house by the sea with her dog Jess, surrounded by piles of books and an ever-growing mound of beach finds.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Lego Galore

2. Carried In Waves

Wave Watching - Dr Curtis Ebbesmeyer

Landing the Lego Story - Mario Cacciottolo

3. A Plastic Tide

4. After The Storm

5. A Miniature World

6. Cargo Castaways

7. Archaeology Of The Tides

8. When The Tide Goes Out

An Interview with Lego

Beachcombers' bingo.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781913491192

1913491196

OCLC:

1240493040