THE LOST SEA

by Jan de Hartog ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 5, 1951

..... and a lost childhood remembered with the wide-eyed wonder of a small boy, in a sketch of the ships on the Zuider Zee, the ""giants"" who skippered them, and the restless excitement of life aboard a fishing botter. For this is the story of a sea mouse (a youngster- taken aboard illegally) who was happy in his abduction by the legendary Black Skipper, did chores by day and listened by night to tales of extravagant exploits, looked forward to a happy future in which he would become a skipper of his own botter. But this interlude, and illusion, comes to a sudden end in the battle between two rival fleets, the furious fight in which he witnesses the death of another sea mouse and from which he escapes home to a drab but comforting security....A brief recall which has a gentle charm and humored understanding.

Pub Date: Sept. 5, 1951

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1951

Categories: FICTION