The Fleets Behind the Fleet: The Work of the Merchant Seamen and Fishermen in the War

by William Macneile Dixon

Book Overview

"WHAT follows is not written to praise our merchant sailors and fishermen. They are indeed worthy of all praise. But we looked for nothing else than that they would in every circumstance of trial and danger show themselves to be what they are, peerless. At what date or on what occasion in their history have they failed? From a fierier ordeal a firmer courage and a harder resolution have emerged, as we be-lieved it would. Of this the world is already...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151152507X
• ISBN13: 9781511525077
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"