STRANGER TO THE SHORE

by Kenneth Dodson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 8, 1956

The gift of telling a tale and the intimate knowledge of the sea and its folk stand Kenneth Dodson in good stead. But this lacks the immense vitality and the immediacy of Away All Boats, which read like naval history barely fictionalized. He has told a tale of one Kurt Mueller, ""Chips"" on the Cape Falcon, on dangerous mission as a freighter from the Coral Sea to Chile. The ship was Kurt's only home- and only at the insistence of his Captain, does he go ashore, there to find perils greater than any met at sea. It is a good adventure tale- with more than its modicum of romance, but at times it reads more like a first novel than did Away All Boats. The port of Felicidad was torn internally by conflict between the local Nazis -- and the easy going Chileans who were pushed around by the Germans in their midst. That peace-loving shy Kurt would fall head over heels in love- and then tangle with a local trouble-maker provides the catalyst for setting off a series of explosions. Only by trick and headwork on the part of old friends and new did he win to freedom- and the girl. A good sailor on shore-in-a-storm tale.

Pub Date: Nov. 8, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION