HEART OF THE SEA

by Joe Brennan ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 1958

This long and painful exigesis of Stephen Ellswroth's ripening into a moral paragon, is somewhat relieved by good detail of fishing, swimming, lobster hunting, lifesaving, and skin diving off the coast of California. Stephen, not quite seventeen, admires his grandfather, a salty old man, wise as he is brave. In the course of endless repetitive episodes, Stephen lives up to his grandfather's expectations, does not tell a lie, becomes a life guard, saves a life, makes friends with a lion,- a seal-lion, and is assured of a college education. There is something rather fatiguing about the dogged way Stephen plods after integrity, and in spite of his really interesting activities, which are well described here, one feels that he is somehow a very dull if excellent young man.

Pub Date: June 16, 1958

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dodd, Mead

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1958

Categories: FICTION