© 1987 by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella
Published by Bethany House Publishers
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Ebook edition created 2016
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ISBN 978-1-4412-2982-3
The songs “The Bonny Sailor” and “Ratcliffe Highway” are from Real Sailor Songs, John Ashton, ed. 1891. Reissued by Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1972.
The song “Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy” is taken from the collection of songs, The Valiant Sailor, ed. by Roy Palmer, Cambridge University Press, 1973.
The song in the last chapter is Shanty Hymn by Bob Cull and is from his album “Last Horizon.”
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Cover design by Eric Walljasper
Judith Pella is represented by The Steve Laube Agency