Peter Taylor (9) (1930–)
Author of Wet Behind the Ears
For other authors named Peter Taylor, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Peter Taylor was the author of eight story collections and three novels, including A Summons to Memphis, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1994. (Bowker Author Biography)
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New Zealand book. A look back at another age. The age of the Merchant Marine when each country had a navy of commercial shipping, from tramp steamers to giant oil tankers, to ocean liners.
The story of a young boy who runs away to sea, his first leg of the journey is a 800km bike ride from the Bay of Islands down to Wellington to try to blag his way on a ship, any ship.
The story of his life at sea, including the war years when 1 in 6 merchant seamen lost their lives.
There's no high drama show more here, just the memory of a kind thoughtful man who has much to look back on. Thoroughly enjoyable in a way that books seldom are now. show less
The story of a young boy who runs away to sea, his first leg of the journey is a 800km bike ride from the Bay of Islands down to Wellington to try to blag his way on a ship, any ship.
The story of his life at sea, including the war years when 1 in 6 merchant seamen lost their lives.
There's no high drama show more here, just the memory of a kind thoughtful man who has much to look back on. Thoroughly enjoyable in a way that books seldom are now. show less
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