The Southseaman
by Weston Martyr
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An excellent yarn simple alive fun read with an a rather sad ending but still a good read. This a rare book indeed its one of a handful that I can say I read three times in a row. Pure clean fun
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- Original publication date
- 1926
- People/Characters
- Weston Martyr; George; Tom Brough (Sheldon shipbuilder); Southseaman (50-foot schooner); Gulf of Tokyo; Elias P. Fleischhacker (Boston schooner) (show all 15); William (Sheldon bosun of riggers gang); Williams (Sheldon master rigger); Old John (Sheldon carpenter); McWorth (Sheldon sparmaker); MacAlpin (Sheldon saw-mill owner); MacAdam (Sheldon sailmaker); William Washburn Nutting ('Typhoon Bill' Nutting); Bruce (Sheldon blacksmith); Mullins
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; Sheldon, Nova Scotia, Canada; Atlantic Ocean; Bermuda; Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Important events
- Bermuda Race; Prohibition (USA)
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- Once upon a time I built a schooner.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We left her, but in a while we turned and saw behind us a fiery torch flaming in glorious gold and splendid crimson against the blackness of the sky.
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- First published 1926; first published in the Mariners Library 1957.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Travel
- DDC/MDS
- 910.45 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel Pirates & Shipwrecks Ocean voyages, pirates
- LCC
- GV822 .S6 .M3 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Water sports: Canoeing, sailing, yachting, scuba
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (5.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 7
