Description: Next Voyage will be Different Biography of 33 years service with the Merchant Marine ----- by Captain Thomas E. Henry, USNR (Ret) Foreword by George Murphy, Chief Engineer (Ret) ---------------------------------------------- First Edition, 2009 ---------------------------------------------- Hardcover, with Dust Jacket Very Good Condition 426 pages, with many photos, some maps, and a glossary of terms in the back Inscribed to historian Joe Balkoski, (author of 10 military history books, and creator of 9 wargames) whose review of the book is printed on the back of the dust jacket. Captain Henry and Mr. Balkoski were good friends. Captain Henry passed away in 2014. A rather uncommon book, with some great provenance to it. ================================ Captain Henry's personal story of 33 years of service in the Merchant Marine. He enlisted in the US Navy, at age 17, in 1945. When WW2 officially ended, he went back to school and eventually graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime academy. He had a full life serving the in the Merchant Marine service. Joe Balkoski's Review --------------------------- I am privileged to know Tom Henry personally, a man who has devoted much of his amazing life to the art of seafaring. His remarkable story of a young man setting out on a traditional maritime career and then spending a great deal of his life at sea is sure to fascinate those addicted to old fashioned mariner's tales. It is a charming story of a once-common lifestyle that has now almost entirely disappeared. I recommend it highly. Joseph Balkoski, author of Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 ------------------------------------- "Life at sea is always a fascinating subject. With charm, wit, and a story teller's skill, Henry brings alive his decades long career as a merchant seaman with great stories about people, exotic places and the day to day business of a ship's officer at work and play. It is a tale that only an old sailor could tell. A terrific read for sea buffs and 'landlubbers' alike." Raymond J. Batvinis, PhD, author of The Origins of FBI Counter Intelligence ------------------------------------- Captain Henry's Bio from the Dust Jacket Thomas E. Henry was born and raised on the south shore of Long Island, New York. There he attended the local Babylon schools until March 1945, when he left at age seventeen to serve on active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve. During his year and a half in the Navy he achieved the rank of gunners mate third class. Following his discharge from the service he attended, on the 'GI Bill' the Cathedral Scholl of Saint Paul, in Garden City, New York. He graduated in June 1947 with his high school diploma. In 1951 he graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, which school readied him for a life in the United States Merchant Mariner. In 1985, at age fifty seven, and after thirty three years of service he retired. He had sailed as a ship's master with the United States Lines Company. For the following three years he served on periods of active duty in the Naval Reserve as a ship handling instructor at Little Creek, Virginia. He and Barbara, his devoted wife of over thirty years, reside in Stuart Florida, where Captain Henry is presently employed as an instructed at the well-known Chapman School of Seamanship. ===================================Thank you for supporting independent booksellers ! (not bulk resellers who don't know the first thing about what they are selling !) I pride myself on knowing my stock, accurate descriptions, and good packing !!! The Rock Top Book Shop and Bindery Cashtown, Pennsylvania ====================================== Thanks for Looking !!! ---------------------------------------------------------- Postage is free (within Continental US - others at cost) either by media mail or priority depending upon the final sale price of the items(s). I always include delivery confirmation, and will insure more expensive packages at my cost.Check my other auctions for Civil War related books, documents, and ephemera, plus the occasional other book or curiosity - mostly military related.
Price: 60 USD
Location: Cashtown, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
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Author: Hanry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Historical
Subject: History
Year Printed: 2008
