Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor

by William Henry Giles Kingston

Book Overview

My father, Eric Wetherholm, was a Shetlander. He was born in the Isle of Unst, the most northern of those far-off islands, the Shetlands. He loved his native land, though it might be said to be somewhat backward in point of civilisation; though no trees are to be found in it much larger than gooseberry bushes, or cattle bigger than sheep; though its climate is moist and windy, and its winter days but of a few hours' duration. But, in spite of these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514773430
• ISBN13: 9781514773437
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"