Captain Jan by Jan de Hartog - Published by the Companion Book Club 1954

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Rarely comes a novel of this calibre- packed with adventure on the seven seas-a revelation of the heroic life of the ocean tugboat men, their love for their boats and for the women they leave behind, their sorrows and triumphs, and the lonely waste of the sea which is their world. From the moment when Jan kisses goodbye to his Nellie and steps aboard the dirty old tug with its fantastic vodka-soaking genius of a Captain, to his setting sail finally as Commodore of Holland's greatest tugboat fleet, we are swept on through scenes of grandeur, horror, comedy and romance, poignant loss, tragedy and triumph.

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