Heart of Oak
Published on 1. April 2014
288 pages
978-1-4976-0360-8 (ISBN)
Description
World War II helped to define Tristan Jones as an adventurous Welsh youth. After losing his parents, he spent much of his life working on sailing barges and so he is no stranger to the seas when he's called to fight for Britain during the Blitz in 1940. Tristan Jones is not only caught in the middle of arduous battles on board, but also the tragic battles he must fight in his heart. When the British Royal Navy commissions him to embark on transatlantic duties on the HMS Eclectic, HMS Hood and the Bismarck, Jones learns the emotional trials a sailor must face. On land and at sea, Jones is a hero and describes his thrilling and often comic adventures in HEART OF OAK.
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Person
Tristan Jones was born at sea aboard his father's sailing ship off of the cape of Tristan da Cunha. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of fourteen and spent his entire life at sea. He sailed a record four hundred thousand miles during his career with the navy and on a delivery yacht, and has gone on several ambitious journeys on his own small ships. For the last few years of his life, he retired to Phuket, Thailand, aboard his cruising trimaran.
Jones wrote many books about his remarkable life, including Saga of a Wayward Sailor and The Incredible Voyage. He passed away in 1995. In 2003, Ragged Mountain Press published an unauthorized biography, Wayward Sailor: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones.
Jones wrote many books about his remarkable life, including Saga of a Wayward Sailor and The Incredible Voyage. He passed away in 1995. In 2003, Ragged Mountain Press published an unauthorized biography, Wayward Sailor: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones.
Content
- Cover
- Author's Notes
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Part One - The Forge
- Chapter 1 - Off to War
- Chapter 2 - Abandon Hope...
- Chapter 3 - The Nozzers
- Chapter 4 - Up the Line
- Part Two - The Anvils
- Chapter 5 - Cameroon
- Chapter 6 - Maiden Voyage
- Chapter 7 - One Bloody Thing ...
- Chapter 8 - ... After Another
- Chapter 9 - Close Encounters
- Part Three - The Hammers
- Chapter 10 - Brides of Death
- Chapter 11 - A Visit from Winston
- Chapter 12 - Ups and Downs
- Chapter 13 - Midst Pleasures and Palaces
- Chapter 14 - Promises and Threats
- Chapter 15 - The Cockpits of Hell
- Chapter 16 - Take Me Somewhere East of Suez
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Endnotes
- Copyright
