Full name: My 48 Years at Sea: From Deck Boy in Denmark to Captain in America

Author: Georg Pedersen Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781511903677 1511903678

We all have a story to tell. Mine is a sea story that started in 1948 when I turned 14 and no further education was available to me. My father gave me two choices, "STAY HOME FISHING, OR SHIP OUT." For the next 48 years I sailed the Seven Seas carrying cargo from one country to another. The ships became my home and floating workplace. Going ashore in foreign ports, I was never more than a taxi ride away from home. I learned at an early age to respect different people and their cultures, and I witnessed their struggles first hand. Being a merchant seaman is not for everybody but once it's in your blood you don't want to do anything else. I always felt I had one of the best and most exciting jobs, from Deck Boy to Captain, on 62 different ships visiting 173 ports in 73 countries, some many times over. When I began the world was busy rebuilding after WWII a great time to be young, single, and adventurous. It was a time that can never be repeated. Similar books: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Fearless by Eric Blehm The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson Truman by David McCullough 41 by George W. Bush Grateful American by Gary Sinise The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Einstein by Walter Isaacson Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber