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Poor Jack: The Perilous History of the Merchant Seaman
Poor Jack The Perilous History of the Merchant Seaman
Author: Ronald Hope
'Nasty, brutish and short': Hobbes might well have been describing the existence of the professional seaman for most of history. The earliest recorded sailor's yarn, dating from about 2000 BC, is a story of shipwreck, and seamen were always nearer to oblivion than most. At times, landsmen have been tempted to sentimentalize the way of the sea - ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861761613
ISBN-10: 1861761619
Publication Date: 9/15/2001
Pages: 388
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Publisher: Greenhill Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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