Alden P. Ricks, known along the San Francisco waterfront as Cappy, owns a fleet of lumber schooners and steamers and loves nothing better than a test of wills. When Matt Peasley, a huge, stubborn young sailor from Maine, comes looking for a berth, Cappy sets out to break him to harness, and finds his own daughter taking an interest in the contest.
Breezy, funny business comedy of the Pacific coast lumber trade, the first of Kyne’s popular Cappy Ricks books. Download the free EPUB.