Walter Runciman went to sea as a boy, rose from the forecastle to the quarter-deck and ended as a great North Country shipowner, and here he records the seamen, ships and customs of a sailing era he watched change and die. Yarns of hard-driven ships and the men who worked them sit beside portraits of the seafaring families of the north-east coast and their thrifty, capable women.
A shipowner’s affectionate, salty memorial to the age of sail, for readers who enjoy Conrad and Basil Lubbock. Download the free EPUB.