Song of the Sirens

Few men have lived such a life of such challenge and adventure as Ernest K. Gann. Song of the Sirens is the story of the ships he has sailed and owned, of his years as master of a commercial fishing vessel on the Pacific coast crossing in all manner of craft and of storms and emergencies encountered at sea. Most of all this is the story of Gann's most beloved vessels, his seventeen sirens, from the beautiful 117-ton brigantine Albatros to the incredible Butterfly-hardly more than a raft with patchwork sails-and the diminutive and flawless Thetis, who could charm even porpoises out of the sea. Filled with moments of both drama and reflective calm, Gann's ode to his seventeen sirens reveals the true romantic within every sailor.