Jack Corbett: Mariner
In 1849, Alfredrick Hatch, an asthmatic youth, was sent to sea by his father to "either cure him or kill him." He signed onto a Liverpool packet as an apprentice seaman, in the company of the "roughest, dirtiest, swearingest, drinkingest men alive." Hatch probably would not have survived had he not been befriended by Jack Corbett, an illiterate who became his guardian and mentor. The dramatic story of their sailing together is the centerpiece of this autobiographical narrative, rich in language and its description of life aboard a sailing vessel in the mid-nineteenth century.
$24.95 clothbound (Can. $35.99) ISBN 0-9714548-2-5 5 x 8 inches 15 halftone illustrations 256 pages HISTORY
A.S. HATCH
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Afterword by Denny Hatch
In 1849, Alfredrick Hatch, an asthmatic youth, was sent to sea by his father to "either cure him or kill him." He signed onto a Liverpool packet as an apprentice seaman, in the company of the "roughest, dirtiest, swearingest, drinkingest men alive." Hatch probably would not have survived had he not been befriended by Jack Corbett, an illiterate who became his guardian and mentor. The dramatic story of their sailing together is the centerpiece of this autobiographical narrative, rich in language and its description of life aboard a sailing vessel in the mid-nineteenth century.A.S. HATCH was a banker, a major financier of the Union army in the Civil War, and a president of the New York Stock Exchange.
2000 $24.95 clothbound (Can. $35.99) 5 x 8 inches 15 halftone illustrations 256 pages HISTORY