an older published writing
Mr. Midshipman Horatio Hornblower - C.S. Forester
What antics can a young (relativity untrained) seaman get himself into?
Plenty!
Horatio Hornblower learns what it means to be one of of Britain’s Royal Navel officers-in-training as he captures cargo, helps destroy enemy frigates, salvages sinking ships, and even saves a crew from the Black Death!
Midshipman Hornblower experiences life on both sides: as a prisoner who cannot change his own fate, and as a captor who holds the power of life-and-death over surrendered crew.
He goes from being a wet-behind-the-ears kid to a man who understands that his word, his honor, is more valuable than one life: his own.
Hornblower makes mistakes - potentially deadly and very costly mistakes - but doesn’t let the negative experience prevent himself from reaching hirer, striving to do better.
On the High Seas, written in such a way that young adults (even teenagers) can follow, C. S. Forester shows us that it is not what is given to us, that matters, but what we do with what we have now - and how we respond to uncertainties in life.
What antics can a young (relativity untrained) seaman get himself into?
Plenty!
Horatio Hornblower learns what it means to be one of of Britain’s Royal Navel officers-in-training as he captures cargo, helps destroy enemy frigates, salvages sinking ships, and even saves a crew from the Black Death!
Midshipman Hornblower experiences life on both sides: as a prisoner who cannot change his own fate, and as a captor who holds the power of life-and-death over surrendered crew.
He goes from being a wet-behind-the-ears kid to a man who understands that his word, his honor, is more valuable than one life: his own.
Hornblower makes mistakes - potentially deadly and very costly mistakes - but doesn’t let the negative experience prevent himself from reaching hirer, striving to do better.
On the High Seas, written in such a way that young adults (even teenagers) can follow, C. S. Forester shows us that it is not what is given to us, that matters, but what we do with what we have now - and how we respond to uncertainties in life.