Sail Away: Journeys of a Merchant Seaman

by Jack Beritzhoff

Overview

From the South Pacific to North Africa

An officer in the US Merchant Marine from World War II to the Korean War, Jack Beritzhoff sailed from the South Pacific to Casablanca to Kuwait to Liverpool to Pusan... and back. Sail Away follows him from port to port, around the globe to five continents, discovering friendship and heroism (as well as occasional cowardice and deceit), and of course the beautiful girl in every port.

In the tradition of James Michner's Tales of the South Pacific, this memoir brings a world at war to life through a series of charming vignettes rather than sweeping battles or flying shrapnel. Sail Away is a view of epic events seen through a very human-sized, very bright window, offering glimpses of humor, humanity, and grace at the darkest of times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798215372432
Publisher:	Stillpoint Digital Press
Publication date:	03/15/2023
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jack Beritzhoff was born in Alameda, CA in 1918. He is a fourth-generation Californian, the descendent of a California pioneer.
Jack served as a member of the United States Merchant Marine from 1942, at the height of World War II, to 1952, at the end of the Korean War.
Since leaving his life at sea on a San Francisco pier over fifty years ago, he has lived in the Bay Area town of Mill Valley. He has three children and three grandchildren. Jack started writing at the age of ninety-one.