The Brassbounder is a novel written by David W. Bone and published in 1921. The story follows the adventures of a young man named Archie Armstrong, who joins the British Merchant Navy as a cadet in the early 1900s. Over the course of the novel, Archie rises through the ranks to become a brassbounder, a term used to describe a fully qualified officer.The book is set against the backdrop of the rapidly changing world of the early 20th century, with...
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