The Coin of the Realm

By Roger Dubin

Book Overview

Revised Edition: 2025

Based on the author's own experiences in the U.S. Merchant Marine, The Coin of the Realm captures life on a decrepit tramp freighter, the horrors of the modern slave trade, and the menacing labyrinth of North Africa in this powerful story of a young seafarer trying to evade his fate, who instead finds the courage to run headlong into it. A classic adventure-filled with revenge, romance, danger, discovery, and the mystery of illumination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692310665
• ISBN13: 9780692310663
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Tarsus Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"