10-16-2017, 08:25 PM
I read Desperate Voyage quite a while ago and enjoyed it. His courage and persistence were phenomenal. I've wondered why he was always trying to harpoon the biggest, baddest creatures of the deep? The shark really destroyed a good portion of his boat!
The comments he made about, uh, Dutton (no relation) and Bowditch, have always made me laugh. I have a copy of Dutton, 1943?, and have found it to be only confusing. It looks really good on my book shelf. The effect both books had upon him is that they put him into a "navigational fog". I'm not sure but I think he said he did use Bowditch (or Dutton?) to start his Primus gas stove.
R. Dutton
The comments he made about, uh, Dutton (no relation) and Bowditch, have always made me laugh. I have a copy of Dutton, 1943?, and have found it to be only confusing. It looks really good on my book shelf. The effect both books had upon him is that they put him into a "navigational fog". I'm not sure but I think he said he did use Bowditch (or Dutton?) to start his Primus gas stove.
R. Dutton