Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship 'Pirate'
Author: first_name: Thornton Jenkins
last_name: Hains
Language: English
Year: 1953

This is the tale of a perilous voyage aboard a clipper ship told by the second mate. He looks up to Trunnell, the first mate, who somehow manages to hold things together between a murdering former captain, a captain who may not actually be a captain, and a crew inclined to mutiny. This all leads to a surprising and satisfying ending.<br/><br/>

The author, Hains, wrote frequently of the sea. He is the author who (under a pen name) had a story on the newsstands about a liner hitting an iceberg an