"Scratch", A Salcombe Boy: who ran away to sea aged fourteen

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رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 13: 9781789014075
رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 10: 1789014077
الناشر: Matador
وصف الكتاب: An inspiring tale of one man’s courage and determination... Easter1963. The end of the school holidays are approaching, butinstead of returning to school, Billy “Scratch” Hitchen ran away to sea - hewas just fourteen years old. Before the age of nineteen, he had sailed aroundthe world five times. “Scratch”Salcombe Boy takes us on a wild ride around the world: from themountainous seas off Cape Horn, to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, from themost southerly tip of New Zealand to the North Atlantic and Canada, from oildrilling and exploration in Argentina to the construction of oil pipelines inthe swamps and jungles of West Africa. In 1973, Scratch finally returned hometo Salcombe in South Devon and went on to spend the next three decades fishingin every sea area, from Dover to Rockall. As Scratch tells the story, the reader will be drawn to thecharismatic writing and inspired by the sheer determination of the man whoovercame many obstacles, not least his lifelong struggles with dyslexia.Without reference to any written document or diary, the story he tells iswritten from the heart and carried in his soul. Readers who delight in seaexploration and travel, as well as vivid, well-written autobiographies, will enjoythis fascinating life well lived.
عن المؤلف: Billy “Scratch” Hitchen has lived a life that could never be repeated. One of the country’s first NHS babies, he ran away to sea at 14 and stayed there in various ventures for over forty years. Surviving storms and groundings, collisions and near fatal accidents, he finally came ashore and started two businesses which he has run successfully for the past 12 years. Both are still running today. Scratch still lives in Salcombe in South Devon.
اللغة: English
الكاتب: Billy 'Scratch' Hitchen
تاريخ النشر: 2018-06-28
عدد الصفحات: 312 pages