Overview

The sea - and man's relationship with it - have inspired many of the world's most pre-eminent writers. And why not? Dramatic, powerful, benign, soothing, foreboding, exhilarating, unforgiving - the oceans of the world have provided both setting and inspiration for some memorable tales. It would be difficult to compile a list of truly classic writing about the sea without including the likes of Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Daniel Defoe, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, William Bligh, Joshua Slocum, Ernest Shackleton, Jerome K. Jerome and a host of others. The trials of life at sea - an unexpected storm, a hull-crushing ice floe, capture by pirates, or a grounding on a forbidden reef - have long drawn readers of all ages and tastes to the best in vicarious travel and just plain good, entertaining reading. Whether it's the understated Shackleton's account of perhaps the most arduous and potentially lethal small-boat journey ever undertaken; or first mate Owen Chase's frightening description of watching helplessly as his ship, the New England whaler Essex, is rammed and sunk by an angry whale thousands of miles from land; or Slocum's depiction of a perfect day alone at sea, these stories entertain and inform.

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I began with the brief introduction to gain an insight into Tom McCarthy's intention of organizing this mixture of fact and fictional stories. His concept had me excited within a few paragraphs. -- Good Old Boat <br>

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Tom McCarthy grew up on the Great Lakes. His love of sailing and the ocean is the driving force behind this collection of stories. He lives in Chester, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters.

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