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Log Book (Paperback)
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Log Book (Paperback)
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Loot Price R221
Discovery Miles 2 210
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Frank Laskier was born 1912 and lived his early years in the
suburbs of Liverpool. As a teenager, Frank was an avid reader of
Conrad and Masefield and had a romantic view of the "call of the
sea". One day he decided to lie about his age and run away from
home aboard a ship destined for Australia. Laskier worked on many
ships in the merchant navy and it was his experiences on shipping
convoys during the Second World War that brought him to the
attention of the BBC. Frank was asked to broadcast a number of
talks on his life at sea during that dangerous time. These talks
were a great success. Following his experience in radio, Frank went
on to write and this book represents his first novel. Although it
is the story of "Jack" - the common British sailor - it is clearly
autobiographical and recounts the life and adventures of the
author. The book reviewer of the New York Herald Tribune described
the book as "a work of art so simple and acute, that one often
pauses to wonder." Through this authentic voice of an ordinary man
- not a historian, not a politician, not a great admiral - but an
ordinary man, we can be reminded of the importance, bravery and
sacrifice of the merchant navy in keeping Britain supplied during
the Second World War.
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