Powder Monkey

In the exciting tradition of Patrick O''Brian comes the saga of one boy''s life in the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Thirteen-year-old Sam Witchall had always dreamed of a sailor''s life, but he didn''t realize how dangerous and gruesome life at sea could be until he is pressed into service aboard H.M.S. Miranda. Beginning his naval career as a "powder monkey"-assistant to a gun crew on...