The Wreckers (2011)
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We raced through waves that seemed enormous, chased by a shrieking wind. We ran toward England under topsails and jib, in a brig called the Isle of Skye. She leaked from every seam, from every hatch and skylight. But she went like a witch mile after mile, wrapped in a shroud of spray.
I was wet and cold, and sometimes frightened. But I loved it all, my first time at sea.
Skye was my father’s ship, though he was never a sailor. To him, the sea was a nuisance, and the ship was a thing to be owned,... like his carriage and his office desk. “Only owners and admirals,” he liked to boast, “can order a captain about.” And this rare voyage—Father had called it a ride—was meant to teach me that a scribbling of ledgers was better than a life at sea. “You want to be a sailor?” he’d said. “Why, you’d be driven mad by the boredom.” And he’d laughed. “Or scared out of your wits. So it’s one and the same.”
But I was never at loose ends, and not once so scared as that. We’d fìlled the ship with Italian linen and Turkish raisins, and with Spanish wine that we’d loaded on a strange and mysterious night.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We raced through waves that seemed enormous, chased by a shrieking wind. We ran toward England under topsails and jib, in a brig called the Isle of Skye. She leaked from every seam, from every hatch and skylight. But she went like a witch mile after mile, wrapped in a shroud of spray.
I was wet and cold, and sometimes frightened. But I loved it all, my first time at sea.
Skye was my father’s ship, though he was never a sailor. To him, the sea was a nuisance, and the ship was a thing to be owned,... like his carriage and his office desk. “Only owners and admirals,” he liked to boast, “can order a captain about.” And this rare voyage—Father had called it a ride—was meant to teach me that a scribbling of ledgers was better than a life at sea. “You want to be a sailor?” he’d said. “Why, you’d be driven mad by the boredom.” And he’d laughed. “Or scared out of your wits. So it’s one and the same.”
But I was never at loose ends, and not once so scared as that. We’d fìlled the ship with Italian linen and Turkish raisins, and with Spanish wine that we’d loaded on a strange and mysterious night.
What to read after The Wreckers?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Iain Lawrence to read onlineMoreLess
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