WHO DARK TO LIVE

by Frederick B. Watt ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 17, 1943

In rhymed couplets, a narrative poem of the English Merchant Fleet through the odyssey of one Captain in peace and wartime; of Bess, whom he met on one voyage, courted and married, Bess who waited patiently through years of absences. Then wartime, and a new ship, the , which is bombed and then torpedoed by a submarine and sent to the bottom; the Captain's crack-up and his recovery with Bess in Canada, and his anxiety to be off again and the humiliation of an assignment to an old boat with a crew of rotters, this time not as Captain but as Second Mate. Putting his country first, he takes the job, as a ""fighter who had pride and yet could cast his arrogance aside"". Poetically speaking, it is of no special significance; sell as a tribute to the Merchant Fleet.

Pub Date: Oct. 17, 1943

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1943

Categories: NONFICTION