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A Sailor Went to Sea: Coming of Age in the U. S. Navy
A Sailor Went to Sea Coming of Age in the U S Navy Author:Thomas Boggs A Sailor Went to Sea is the true-life account of a four-year hitch in the U. S. Navy in the 1970s. From boot camp in San Diego, to a year in the Bahamas, to a West-Pac cruise on a frigate, anyone who has ever been in the Navy will be able to identify with the eye-opening adventures which befall the youthful narrator. And anyone who hasn’t... more » is in for an unforgettable ride. Like a wacky cross between Two Years Before the Mast and Tropic of Cancer, this coming-of-age story is by turns tender, illuminating, and ribald.« less