Narrow Boat (book)

Narrow Boat
First edition
AuthorL. T. C. Rolt
IllustratorDenys Watkins-Pitchford
PublisherEyre & Spottiswoode
Publication date
1944
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages212
ISBN978-0752451091

Narrow Boat is a book about life on the English canals written by L. T. C. Rolt. Originally published in 1944 by Eyre & Spottiswoode,[1] it has continuously been in print since.

It describes a four-month trip that Rolt took with his bride Angela at the outbreak of the Second World War. The book is credited with a revival of interest in the English canals, leading directly to the creation of the Inland Waterways Association, which spearheaded the restoration and leisure use of the canals.

  1. ^ "Towpath and Riverside". The Scotsman. Scotland. 7 December 1944. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.