Sea Struck
By William H. Bunting
Sea Struck tells the stories of the final decades of the American square-rigged sail, as recorded in first-hand accounts of voyages made by three young men from Massachusetts. Frank Besse and Carleton Allen kept fascinating accounts while sailing as passengers aboard their ships. Rodman Swift's journal, kept in secret aboard the steel four-masted bark Astral, conveys the reality of a prolonged and difficult voyage from Philadelphia to Japan and finally to San Francisco.
Published by Tilbury House in 2004. Hardcover, 366 pages with black and white images.