Wonderful story. I used to like to sail small boats when the opportunity offered, and I have a (plastic, but competent) Davis sextant stored away at home. Thank you for sharing, and a merry Christmas to you and yours.
One of the things that most pleases me about bringing public domain pulp back into print is hooking new readers on authors like Dunn and Georges Surdez. They deserve not to be forgotten.
Well, the mother in the story disapproved of him going to sea at all.
And mothers today report other mothers to the police for the Very Great Sin of letting ten year olds walk outside alone. If a ten year old walking alone is so bad that the mother gets arrested, do you seriously think a fourteen year old running away to become a sailor is more acceptable?
Wonderful story. I used to like to sail small boats when the opportunity offered, and I have a (plastic, but competent) Davis sextant stored away at home. Thank you for sharing, and a merry Christmas to you and yours.
Goodness, I really do think it got dustier in here all of a sudden. Wonderful writing!
One of the things that most pleases me about bringing public domain pulp back into print is hooking new readers on authors like Dunn and Georges Surdez. They deserve not to be forgotten.
I'm not sure why any mother would disapprove.
Well, the mother in the story disapproved of him going to sea at all.
And mothers today report other mothers to the police for the Very Great Sin of letting ten year olds walk outside alone. If a ten year old walking alone is so bad that the mother gets arrested, do you seriously think a fourteen year old running away to become a sailor is more acceptable?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/27/georgia-mom-arrested-after-her-10-year-old-went-on-a-walk-alone/76619161007/