Captain David Mcleod (5 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in near fine condition with small fold top of right front cover. "A vigorous and touching book, Cape Breton Captain is the rough-and-tumble life of Captain David A. McLeod?a robust autobiography of salt water sailing and guts and passionate romance, told by a man who ended his days as a storekeep in Cleveland, Richmond County, Cape Breton Island. an angry scar across his face, the result of a mutiny on his last ship. McLeod brings to life scenes of brutality and companionship and love. From the circus riot in Port Hawkesbury to shipwreck and fistfights, love won and love lost, sea shanties and battling wind-ripped sails in storms" 145 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The autobiography of Captain David McLeod edited by Ronald Caplan. Stories about the author's life at sea. Clean and tight inside and out.

green, yellow & sepia tone photo illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. first edition. first printing (NAP). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc~. 145p. + list of publisher's other titles. b&w diagrams & photo illustrations. biography. nautical history. canadian history. memoirs. "Things I don't care who knows when my book is written~" So begins the rough~and~tumble story from the life of Cape Breton's Captain David McLeod~a robust autobiography of saltwater and guts and passionate romance, by a man who ended his days as a storekeeper in Cleveland, Richmond County, Cape Breton Island~an angry scar across his face, the result of a mutiny on his last ship. The forward thrust of his writing is terrific. He brings life to scenes of brutality and love. From the circus riot in Port Hawkesbury to shipwreck and fistfights, love won and love lost, sea shanties and battling sails in storms~ he was a tough, tough man. "A huge sea broke over our heads, sweeping both watches off our feet. I held on to the brace with all my strength, but the terrific weight of water tore it from my grasp; sometimes my head up, then my heels, I was washed up against the main hatch, then aft against the fife rail, clutching madly at everything I rolled into the lee scupper. I was gasping for breath; Dal was gasping for breath too, but held on to the brace like grim death. Kelly and Fritz and Hans and George rolling about the deck just yellow bundles, while a bunch lay around the gear at midship. " CAPE BRETON CAPTAIN is a vigorous and touching book. It is Captain McLeod alive and feeling his oats. We have nothing comparable in Cape Breton literature. This book will last!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. portrait on front cover, vii, 145 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, "A vigorous and touching book, Cape Breton Captain is the rough-and-tumble life of Captain David A. McLeod-a robust autobiography of salt water sailing and guts and passionate romance, told by a man who ended his days as a storekeep in Cleveland, Richmond County, Cape Breton Island-an angry scar across his face, the result of a mutiny on his last ship. McLeod brings to life scenes of brutality and companionship and love. From the circus riot in Port Hawkesbury to shipwreck and fistfights, love won and love lost, sea shanties and battling wind-ripped sails in storms-he was a tough, tough man. The forward thrust of the storytelling is terrific. We have nothing comparable in Cape Breton literature. This book will last!"-- Provided by publisher Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.