In book form, a series of BBC broadcasts, that represent in unassuming, unaffected manner, a sailor of the Merchant Navy, and his personal interpretation of participation in the war. From a talk in his peacetime life, his love of the sea, on to banana boats, to early experiences in the Spanish War, to dive bombing, murderous German methods of marine warfare, naval disasters, his own adventures, his feeling towards the British Navy, the attitudes and exploits of his pals. This is a natural -- one of these books that strikes a very human chord.