Told in the watch below

by John Scott Hughes

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Published in 1935; Told in the Watch Below is twenty-four cruising, sailing and sea-faring yarns richly recounted by an experienced seaman (a Commander in the RVNR) and hauntingly illustrated by Donald Maxwell. The first illustration will speak strongly to any reader with seafaring experience and is an apt frontispiece to the ‘yarns; that could well have been heard from fellow shipmates.

Reminiscent of Round the Cabin Table pieces of Maurice Griffith, John Scott Hughes recounts his sailing tales from that ‘golden’ age of wooden boats and gentlemen skippers.

A book that holds the reader’s interest and delights the eye with illustrations that enhance the yarning.

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