Dedicated to Rudyard Kipling, this is Bullen’s guide for landsmen to the men who crewed Britain’s merchant ships. Rank by rank he describes the master, the mates, the engineers, the boatswain, the cook and steward, the firemen and the ordinary seamen, with their duties, pay, hardships and characters, enlivened by yarns from his own years at sea.
A rich first-hand portrait of working life at sea around 1900 by the author of The Cruise of the Cachalot. Download the free EPUB.