Lowell tells of being raised from infancy aboard her father’s sailing schooner in the South Seas, learning to spit into the wind, swear like a sailor and catch sharks. Published as true memoir in 1929, it became a bestseller until reporters showed that most of it was invented, so it is best read as salty, high-spirited sea fiction.
A boisterous yarn with a notorious history, for anyone who enjoys a good story and a good hoax. Download the free EPUB.