tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013004.post1006901246452207555..comments2023-10-04T08:49:54.442-05:00Comments on GregLSBlog: Remember that Book: CAPTAIN OF THE QUEENSGreg Leitich Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863202693824428638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013004.post-86889447075457311152012-03-13T08:37:23.803-05:002012-03-13T08:37:23.803-05:00Yes, there's something very "Two Years Be...Yes, there's something very "Two Years Before the Mast" about those early years.Greg Leitich Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863202693824428638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013004.post-12504456294497035362012-03-13T08:19:08.030-05:002012-03-13T08:19:08.030-05:00Have just about read through his book currently; t...Have just about read through his book currently; the contrast in his life, having gone from poverty, hunger and great hardship at the beginning of his career, and wrapping it up among excessive opulence, endless parties with diet so rich it sometimes made him ill, is well worth note in and of itself.<br /><br />Em<br /><br />The grounding incident apparently disturbed him for the rest of his life, due to the fact that he was at the time prevented fom making any public statement concerning the particulars. Her starboard anchor fouled a series of D-Day era steel cables as they were attempting to depart Cherbourg. With the wind blowing gale force the Mary would not respond to helm or engines and gently touched astern after several minutes of trying everything they knew.<br /><br />In any case, plenty of interesting material and glad to have found it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com