THE BIRD OF DAWNING

by John Masefield ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

For some unknown reason this book was not submitted to us until after publication, so we are giving you the benefit of an opinion from a bookseller, E. S. McCawley of Haverford and Ardmore, who writes: ""MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY found a thrilled audience last year; SEA WITCH followed close on its heels; now comes THE BIRD OF DAWNING. I suggest that book buyers read Sea Fever over again and then pick up THE BIRD OF DAWNING, for here is Sea Fever in prose, sharp, stinging prose like the spray of a storm. Masefield, the poet, is here a seaman, telling a stark realistic story of the sea in real windjammer language. It seems to be factual in the same way MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY was factual, recording the voyage and wreck of the Clipper Blackgauntlet; the salvage by her survivors of The Bird of Dawning, abandoned in mid ocean by a fanatical skipper and the race home of the China Tea Fleet. There is a glorious picture of three tall ships thundering up the channel ahead of a roaring westerly, with every rag of canvas set, that will thrill the most blase armchair navigator. I class it with the best sea stories of all time.

Pub Date: N/A

ISBN: 1906367248

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1933

Categories: NONFICTION