A Life At Sea - Paperback

This is another adventure of the many lives of William Pembrooke. This adventure is set in the antebellum times between the war of 1812 and the civil war. A young William Pembrooke runs away from home to begin a new adventure. Instead of going west into the wilderness, he actually went east. Here he met the Williamsons and Carsons who helped him become a man. He went to work for Captain Carson as a sailor. Eventually, he became a naval officer and found Margaret, and they would raise their family. William would serve in the navy in peacetime and war, and as he was ready to retire, the civil war broke out, and he went to war. William went out on blockade duty until he was ready to retire. See how he adjusted from a cabin boy on a merchant ship to the commander of a warships, chasing pirates, slave traders, and blockade runners.