Tales of the Seven Seas : The Escapades of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien (Hardcover)

from Cincinnatus

If you are interested in maritime history and have a gap in your familiarity with the late 19th and early 20th Century merchant marine, 'Tales of the Seven Seas' does well as an introductory story from the period. The account follows the life of Captain Johnny O'Brien, an Irish expatriate who beg...

from WhitmelB

For those that read and enjoy sailing adventure novels such as C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series or Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey series, TALES OF THE SEVEN SEAS will add a great deal of real life detail that such adventures necessarily omit. Rough men, working under almost impossible co...

from Helenoel

Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien was quite a character, and Dennis Powers has written about his long life and many adventures at sea in Tales of the Seven Seas. The character is interesting enough to carry the book, which is a good thing, because Powers' writing is rather prosaic and I found it te...

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Johnny O'Brien started in the seafaring industry in 1866 at the age of 15. Throughout his life, he faced every danger imaginable, including pirates, falling from the sail rigging, bar fights, and ship fires. His life takes the reader through the evolution of ships, from the three-masted iconic fr...

from Helenoel

Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien was quite a character, and Dennis Powers has written about his long life and many adventures at sea in Tales of the Seven Seas. The character is interesting enough to carry the book, which is a good thing, because Powers' writing is rather prosaic and I found it te...