Tommy Ellis Fisherman - Jes Parkin - Bog

Tommy Ellis Fisherman completes the Tommy Ellis Trilogy. It is a book written in two parts.Part one takes place in 1963. Tommy is sixteen years old, he has left school and embarks on his first trip as a paid crew member on the trawler Stella Vega. He is the Deckie Learner, (Deck Apprentice), and eager to start work. But how prepared is he for the gruelling eighteen-hour shifts, Icelandic gunboats and a stowaway, all the while under the supervision of the Bosun, a mean obnoxious taskmaster?Part two takes in 1973. Ten years have passed and Tommy Ellis is Skipper. It is January and we follow Tommy and his crew back to the fishing grounds around Iceland. Apart from the freezing Arctic winter temperatures, ice and snow, they must also deal with Icelandic gunboats. It is the Cod Wars. A dangerous and testing time for the fishermen. How does Tommy deal with being fired at as well as attempts to board his trawler?