CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN

James Pfeiffer lives in a world of ships and fishermen. Against the wishesof his parents, he follows the path of his family out on to the water. Inthe iron-hulled trawlers which plough the ocean off New England, he learnsthe truth in stories he had heard as a child; the rumours of killer whalesand sharks and ghost ships in the fog. He also learns the truth behind hisfather's terrible fear of the sea. Paul Watkins writes of the dangers anduncertainties of life at sea from personal experience and with strikingimmediacy