The 1948 rescue of the Liberty ship Leicester is chronicled in vivid detail--a story that takes readers through two hurricanes before the crew is finally rescued.

Farley McGill Mowat (1921-2014) was born in Belleville, Ontario. The author of more than forty books, he was a popular and distinguished naturalist and conservationist whose internationally acclaimed novels, books for young readers, and memoirs have been translated into fifty-two languages and have sold more than seventeen million copies. Mowat's oeuvre includes People of the Deer; Lost in the Barrens, a recipient of Canada's Governor General's Award; The Boat Who Wouldn't Float; A Whale for the Killing; The Snow Walker; and Virguga: The Passion of Dian Fossy.

Mowat is most widely known for his 1963 book Never Cry Wolf, which recounts his adventures as a biologist on a solo mission in 1946 to study Arctic wolves in the Keewatin Barren Lands in northern Manitoba. The book is credited with changing the stereotypically negative perception of wolves as vicious killers. New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof named Mowat's The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, first published in 1957, one of the best children's books of all time.

Mowat served in World War II from 1940 to 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing professionally in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. He was an inveterate traveler with a passion for remote places and peoples.

Mowat was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981. In 2002 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named a ship for him in recognition of his activism against the whaling industry.
Snapper zegt over dit boek: Possibly the Best sea going saga I have ever read.

In late 1969 I served as a Third Engineer officer, Ocean Rescue Service, Royal Fleet Auxilliary in the deep sea tug ("Foundation Josephine" of the book) the R.F.A. Samsonia that saved the liberty ship "Leicester" in 1948.

I've spent 43 years on and off searching for this book which tells of the heroism of the officers and crew of the Foundation Josephine, well its been worth the wait. The way Farley Mowat weaves the timeline into the story is superb

This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the sea. TEN stars would not be enough to describe it!

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