Bottom bunk - top two drawers : an account of the first voyage by an apprenctice aboard a tramp ship in the early fifties

"Bottom Bunk - Top Two Drawers is a lively, evocative and informative tale of the experiences of a young indentured apprentice in the early nineteen-fifties. This new world is seen through an 'innocent eye'. The reader joins the ship with the young apprentice and all the wonders and excitement of a first-time voyage are brought home with at times, stomach-churning reality."--Provided by the publisher.