Drink Up and Be a Man: Memoirs of a Steward and Engine-Room Hand

by John Mahon

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Born into poverty in Ireland in the 1940s, John J. Mahon stands only 4ft 9in tall. He went to sea as a steward on a passenger liner aged 17, and later served in various ships as a donkeyman, greaser and engine-room hand. This is his story.
  • ISBN10 1906266190
  • ISBN13 9781906266196
  • Publish Date 21 March 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint Seafarer Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 393
  • Language English