Driftwood: The Unvarnished Story of Life in a Windjammer

by Thomas Wilson

This book brings some realism to the idea of the "Jolly Jack Tars" who were supposed to have lived worry-free lives of adventure on the waves in those oh-so-romantic sailing ships that we see in those romantic paintings and movies. Here is the true story of a man who went "through the mill", under all conditions, in every ocean, and describes his experience in a dozen or more deep water sailing vessels during the period from 1880 to 1910. The reader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1731134673
• ISBN13: 9781731134677
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"