Gordon Douglas is a passionate Dundonian and his kitchen window overlooks the old mooring place of the Mars Training Ship. This book began life as a musical as he had co-written a successful show for the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe called 'The Heart of Gold'. After his initial research he believed that the musical would have to wait as he felt that this was an episode in Scottish history that needed to be told. Gordon, a photographer, graphic designer and musician, once had a publishing and recording contract with George Martin's Air Studios in London.
