Mirelle
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\"Sail Ho\" - Sir James Bisset (Mariner\'s Library)
I suspect that many of us collect Mariner's Library volumes.
I'd bought this one some time ago and just took it down - was hooked immediately!
The writer was Commodore of Cunard in WW2, hence the "K", but this book describes his early experiences as an indentured apprentice, rising to Second Officer, aboard British square rigged ships in the 1890's.
Extremely well written and very vivid; full of interesting detail.
I suspect that many of us collect Mariner's Library volumes.
I'd bought this one some time ago and just took it down - was hooked immediately!
The writer was Commodore of Cunard in WW2, hence the "K", but this book describes his early experiences as an indentured apprentice, rising to Second Officer, aboard British square rigged ships in the 1890's.
Extremely well written and very vivid; full of interesting detail.