The Wind In the Rigging - Softcover

Captain Jack Dodd

 
9781927099148: The Wind In the Rigging

Synopsis

Jack Dodd was a sealer, fisherman, sailor, songwriter, prospector and treasure hunter. Above all, he was an adventurer. Born, at the turn of the twentieth century, Dodd always wanted to go to sea and he did, eventually voyaging around the world three times. From close calls on the ice floes to shipwrecks on stormy seas, Wind in the Rigging is an old-fashioned yarn, the rollicking story of his early life and first adventures.

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About the Author

Jack Dodd was born in Torbay, Newfoundland and joined his father on his fishing boat while still young. Throughout his career as a seaman, Dodd made three trips around the world, voyaged around Cape Horn nine times, and made nine trips through the Panama Canal. Along the way, he was shipwrecked at least seven times and had dozens of other close calls.

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