The Bucko Mate: Twenty Years in the Merchant Marine
by Kevin Zahn
Price: $3.99 USD. 141890 words.
Language: English. Published on November 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers.
The Bucko Mate describes the author's seafaring experiences sailing as an officer in the American merchant marine. Mates lived a colorful life few have ever experienced. From the storms, fog, waterfront bars and union halls, to the near collisions, deaths at sea, fights, dangerous cargo and foreign lands, it is an exciting life. This is my way of getting some of that colorful era written down.