William Schaw Lindsay: Victorian Entrepreneur

by Bill Lindsay

This book is based on the unpublished journals of William Schaw Lindsay (1815-1877) housed in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. From rags to riches. Born in Scotland and orphaned by the age of 10, Lindsay ran away to sea at the age of 16. The book highlights his life at sea from cabin boy to captain, a sometimes shocking insight into what life was like sailing across oceans in the 1830s. He then became an agent selling coal for steam ships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398115258
• ISBN13: 9781398115255
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages