Seaspray and Whisky (Common Reader Editions)（海浪与美酒）
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A teetotaler at sea, with a crew three sheets to the wind. New Afterword by Thomas Meagher.
Writes Katherine A. Powers, of The Boston Globe , "I read Seaspray and Whisky in one enthralled sitting. It is a memoir of a young Irish Radio Officer who has the exotic misfortune to sign up for a tour of duty on a ship commanded and crewed by a collection of topers. The ship's most notable presence is a cargo of Scotch whisky. The author, who is a teetotaler and a bit of a priss, observes with awed restraint as the voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans and on to Houston disintegrates into a binge, the consequence of 960 bottles of Vat 69 disappearing during transit. Freeman's powers of description are stunning: the voyage comes alive with its curious assemblage of seamen, all exceptionally human in their cunning and folly, in their aspirations and failures." 编辑推荐：
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A teetotaler at sea, with a crew three sheets to the wind. New Afterword by Thomas Meagher. From Publishers Weekly Writes Katherine A. Powers, of The Boston Globe , "I read Seaspray and Whisky in one enthralled sitting. It is a memoir of a young Irish Radio Officer who has the exotic misfortune to sign up for a tour of duty on a ship commanded and crewed by a collection of topers. The ship's most notable presence is a cargo of Scotch whisky. The author, who is a teetotaler and a bit of a priss, observes with awed restraint as the voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans and on to Houston disintegrates into a binge, the consequence of 960 bottles of Vat 69 disappearing during transit. Freeman's powers of description are stunning: the voyage comes alive with its curious assemblage of seamen, all exceptionally human in their cunning and folly, in their aspirations and failures." 目录：
INTRODUCTION
'DIRTY OLD TUB, ISN'T SHE?' DAY OF OBSERVATION 'THE FLOWER OF BRITISH MANHOOD' ROUGH SAILING 'WHAT AM I DOING HERE?' A SPIRITED CHRISTMAS NEW YORK LANDFALL TOWARDS THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE UP THE MISSISSIPPI 'LIVELY PLACE, THIS' ROISTERING IN NEW ORLEANS A NIGHT OLFF WITtt CAPTAIN THOMPSON 'DINNER AT ANTOINE'S, No LESS!' SUCCESS ON STAGE AND IN BEDROOM THE PARTY WANES MOON OVER THE MEXICAN GULF TEXAN BACKWATER TIME OF CALAMITY THE VOYAGE TURNS SOUR IN MOBILE AND TAMPA DISMAYING DISCOVERY MID-OCEAN TURBULENCE AND MEDICATION RECOVERY AND REJUVENATION A FLOATING THEATRE AFTERWORD |