Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
St Martins Pr (1982), Edition: 1st, 267 pages
Description
The story of a childhood in Wales and a boyhood in the arduous sail-in-trade of northern Europe before WWII. This is a charming nostalgic reminiscence of childhood in a Welsh countryside still in the 19th century, of a time when shanty-singing sailors fought the weather to deliver bricks, coal, even animals around the world, and of a young boy who wanted to experience it all.
User reviews
LibraryThing member larshbacker
Written by the legendary Tristan Jones, born at sea aboard a British tramp steamer off the island of tristan da Cunha. Very readable and informative account his first years at sea that begun as a "nipper" aboard a coastal sailing ketch "Second apprentice. Highly recomendable.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0312761384 / 9780312761387