Sea Travels: Memoirs of a 20th Century Master Mariner
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The life story of J. Holger Christensen as told to Vaughn Sherman, takes us from his birth in 1906 at Nome to a high seas career rising from ordinary seaman to master mariner. His adventures as a deck officer in the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea and his reminiscences about maritime life in Puget Sound during 1930's and 1940's make this book unforgettable!
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