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- catalog abstract ""The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic but compelling figure, a globe-trotting adventurer, swaggering and irresponsible in port but swift to flex the national muscle at sea and beyond. Appealing as this popular image may be, scant effort has been expended to reveal the truth behind the stereotype." "Thanks to Christopher McKee's work, it is now possible to hear from sailors themselves - in this case, those who served in Great Britain's Royal Navy during the first half of the twentieth century. McKee has scoured sailors' unpublished diaries, letters, memoirs, and oral interviews to uncover the lives and secret thoughts of British men of the lower deck. From working-class childhoods teetering on the edge of poverty to the hardships of finding civilian employment after leaving the navy; from sexual initiation in the brothels of Oran and Alexandria to the terror of battle, the former sailors speak with candor about all aspects of naval life: the harsh discipline and deep comradeship, the shipboard homoeroticism, the pleasures and temptations of world travel, and the responsibilities of marriage and family."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12476120.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Thanks to Christopher McKee's work, it is now possible to hear from sailors themselves - in this case, those who served in Great Britain's Royal Navy during the first half of the twentieth century. McKee has scoured sailors' unpublished diaries, letters, memoirs, and oral interviews to uncover the lives and secret thoughts of British men of the lower deck.".
- catalog description ""The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic but compelling figure, a globe-trotting adventurer, swaggering and irresponsible in port but swift to flex the national muscle at sea and beyond. Appealing as this popular image may be, scant effort has been expended to reveal the truth behind the stereotype."".
- catalog description "From working-class childhoods teetering on the edge of poverty to the hardships of finding civilian employment after leaving the navy; from sexual initiation in the brothels of Oran and Alexandria to the terror of battle, the former sailors speak with candor about all aspects of naval life: the harsh discipline and deep comradeship, the shipboard homoeroticism, the pleasures and temptations of world travel, and the responsibilities of marriage and family."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-265) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Jack's Wrong Image -- I Went Away to Join the Navy -- They Were Officers and You Were Not -- The Finest and Most Sincere Crowd of Men -- I Never Thought I'd See Daylight Again -- This Rum It Was Wonderful Stuff -- A Sailor's Paradise -- Traveling with an Oar on My Shoulder -- Ratings in the Royal Navy, 1914 -- Ratings in the Royal Navy, 1943 -- Daily Standard Naval Rations, 1914 -- Informants for Sober Men and True.".
- catalog extent "285 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0674007360 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "359/.00941/0904 21".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Royal Navy History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Royal Navy Sea life.".
- catalog subject "Sailors Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "V737 .M35 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Jack's Wrong Image -- I Went Away to Join the Navy -- They Were Officers and You Were Not -- The Finest and Most Sincere Crowd of Men -- I Never Thought I'd See Daylight Again -- This Rum It Was Wonderful Stuff -- A Sailor's Paradise -- Traveling with an Oar on My Shoulder -- Ratings in the Royal Navy, 1914 -- Ratings in the Royal Navy, 1943 -- Daily Standard Naval Rations, 1914 -- Informants for Sober Men and True.".
- catalog title "Sober men and true : sailor lives in the Royal Navy, 1900-1945 / Christopher McKee.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".