Publisher:
Norton, New York, 1959,:
BARKER, Roland. Tusitala : The Story of a Voyage in the Last of America's Square Riggers. N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., (1959). First Edition. Pp. (6),[7]-192, + 8 p. of black and white plates. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "A seagoing book of the first order is this personalrecord of the remarkable voyage in 1928 of the last of America's square-ri gged ships. Roland Barker, aged 22, signs on as third mate; the moment he steps aboard he becomes the impersonal 'mister,' subject to the traditional iron discipline of a stern captain, James P. narler. This is a tough as...
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