‘Sharks that Walk on Land’. Rousing sea adventure novel on the last days of Captain James Cook

Jan. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- It is February 1779 Captain James Cook is on his last voyage to the Pacific. This is a fascinating fictionalised account of the sad events leading up to the demise of Captain James Cook. Although written as a novel the content has been thoroughly researched from the officers journals of Cook's last voyage of discovery to the Pacific, and in this respect is an authentic account of the events leading up to his tragic death at the hands of the Hawaiians. The names used in this work are of people who actually sailed on the two ships of this expedition although the actions attributed to these individuals has been somewhat embroidered by the imagination.

A great deal of effort has been applied to put across Cook’s humane and compassionate understanding of his fellow man – particularly in the eighteenth century British Navy – an attitude that made him much loved by the brutish men under his charge.
Without doubt Cook was one of the greatest seamen and navigators the world had ever produced. His discoveries in the Pacific had opened up this vast ocean to the understanding of the western world. No longer was the Pacific a mystery for the armchair theorists to speculate over.

“This is a must read for those who have an interest in James Cook and the sad events leading up to his demise” says author Ron Palmer who  was born in 1933 in Bridlington, a fishing and resort town on the east coast of Yorkshire. At an early age the author became interested in a career at sea, taking every opportunity available to go out with the local fishermen. 1948 found him enrolled at the Boulevard High School for Nautical Training at Kingston upon Hull. On completing his schooling in 1950, Palmer went to sea as an apprentice deck officer, working up through each stage of navigating officer to retire in 1985 as captain of Super Tankers. He now lives on Pender Island, BC. Canada.

Sharks that Walk on Land can be obtained from Pneuma Springs Publishing at the following address:
http://www.pneumasprings.co.uk/SharksThatWalkOnLand.htm

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