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The Men of the Merchant Service (Esprios Classics)

Frank Thomas Bullen

出版	Blurb, Incorporated, 2024-07-02
主題	Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / GeneralTravel / Europe / Great Britain
ISBN	9798331159603
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wufO0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

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Frank Thomas Bullen (April 5, 1857 - March 1, 1915), British author and novelist, was born of poor parents in Paddington, London, on 5 April 1857, and was educated for a few years at a dame school and Westbourne school, Paddington. At the age of 9, his aunt, who was his guardian, died. He then left school and took up work as an errand boy. In 1869 he went to sea and travelled to all parts of the world in various capacities including that of second mate of the Harbinger and chief mate of the Day Dawn, under Capt. John R. H. Ward jun in 1879 when she was dismasted and disabled. Having spent 15 years of his life at sea, since the tender age of 12, he would later describe the hardships of his early life thus: I have been beaten by a negro lad as big again as myself, and only a Frenchman interfered on my behalf.