A ship's log book
By: by Frank F. Farrar ; edited by Dorothy B. Maxwell.
Contributors: Maxwell, Dorothy B.
Publisher: Great Outdoors Pub. Co.; Great Outdoors Publishing Company
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Saint Petersburg, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Farrar, Frank F., 1914-; Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.; Voyages and travels.
Notes: "Tales of the sea by an irreverent, conniving, dedicated Merchant Marine captain who shipped out at sixteen for a chance to wrestle rusty tubs through wild waves from the fierce Pentland Firth to steamy South American jungles by way of World War II."
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations
pagenum: iv; title: Foreward
pagenum: v; title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: viii; label: 1
title: Eastbound to the Baltic [Stuck in the Ice]
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: A Couple of Close Calls
pagenum: 15; label: 3
title: Orders to Assume Command
pagenum: 30; label: 4
title: Backward to the Carefree Days
pagenum: 39; label: 5
title: A Close Call in the Fog
pagenum: 47; label: 6
title: Sailoring Days & Monkey Business
pagenum: 52; label: 7
title: Wheeling & Dealing
pagenum: 58; label: 8
title: A.B. on a Ship to Nowhere
pagenum: 71; label: 9
title: Skullduggery in the Fo'c'sle
pagenum: 78; label: 10
title: The North Atlantic Convoys
pagenum: 83; label: 11
title: A Ship's Medicine Chest
pagenum: 92; label: 12
title: A Wartime Trip to Malta
pagenum: 101; label: 13
title: The Navy at its Best
pagenum: 109; label: 14
title: The Normandy Invasion: The Best-Kept Secret
pagenum: 115; label: 15
title: The Normandy Invasion: We Hit the Beach
pagenum: 134; label: 16
title: Murder in Le Havre
pagenum: 148; label: 17
title: Bonanza in Bone
pagenum: 154; label: 18
title: Fancy Navigating
pagenum: 160; label: 19
title: Wartime Gadgets on Merchant Ships [Bad Ones]
pagenum: 168; label: 20
title: Wartime Gadgets on Merchant Ships [Good Ones]
pagenum: 176; label: 21
title: The Liberty Ship at Her Best
pagenum: 181; label: 22
title: Sailor's Luck
pagenum: 195; label: 23
title: Troubles in Copenhagen
pagenum: 200; label: 24
title: Just Another Voyage
pagenum: 207; label: 25
title: Lightships & Lighthouses
pagenum: 218; label: 26
title: Women on a Ship - Bad Luck
pagenum: 224; label: 27
title: One Bad Apple
pagenum: 236; label: 28
title: The Greatest Voyage of My Career
pagenum: 245; label: 29
title: Finished With Engines
pagenum: 259; title: Glossary
pagenum: 263; title: About the Author
pagenum: 270