“Shakings” are the odds and ends of rope swept up on deck, and Bullen’s collection of short essays is just as miscellaneous. He writes of cats on board ship, the old East Indiamen, a porpoise myth, the floor of the sea, Shakespeare’s knowledge of seamanship and the hard customs of the forecastle he knew as a boy at sea.
Salty, knowledgeable sea writing from a man who had sailed before the mast, ideal for lovers of the old merchant navy. Download the free EPUB.