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I’m thinking back, trying to discern how I came to write an historical novel. When I was tapping out Morse in the pitching wireless cabins of tropical steamers, it was not in my mind – though I read all the books in the ship’s library. A career in television studios might have brought it about – thirty years working with stories in pictures soaks the mind with images. Now I’ve retired I have more time to imagine at leisure - perhaps I’ve just reached the proper age to be a teller of stories.
So my first story is about ‘Tom Fleck’ and his struggles to be a free man in our own district of Cleveland – but a Cleveland of five centuries in the past.

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	The Best of Days: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 271 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You'll See Wonders: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Are You Going Back?: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea, #3) 4.56 avg rating — 126 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom Fleck 4.52 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Right Turn at Gib: Memoir of the sea book IV (Memoirs of the Sea, #4) 4.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Caravel: Pirates in the English Channel (Tom Fleck Book 2) 4.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Linnet 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering About 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beveren Rabbit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Jump Ahead 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Harry Nicholson

Memoirs of the Sea (4 books)
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Harry Nicholson liked Phil Altimas's review of No Right Turn at Gib: Memoir of the sea book IV (Memoirs of the Sea, #4): "I love these books, they are a real slice of history and of one guy's life in the merchant navy"
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Harry Nicholson made a comment in the group THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — August - 2026 - Biography of any WW2 figure topic " A rare story is the escape of Lt Mann through the swamps of Dutch East Indies after the fall of Singapore. He survived the bombing, off Banka Island, ...more "
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Harry Nicholson answered Phil Altimas's question: Hi Harry, I have read the first three and loved them. They are a great slice of history, you have had an interesting life, that's for sure Will you add books about your life after the MN? Hello Phil. After the merchant navy, I came ashore and worked in the early days of commercial TV studio backrooms. I worked on the first Avengers and the like. Over 30 years in tv I found my way into studio productions as a studio technical manager. T See Full Answer
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Harry Nicholson made a comment in the group Biography, Autobiography, Memoir — new memoir topic " "No Right Turn at Gib" is out. Two years in the writing, but a stimulating journey even so. Book four of my seagoing memoirs is published. I might hav ...more "
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Harry Nicholson added a status update: "No Right Turn at Gib" is out. Two years in the writing, but a stimulating journey even so. Book four of my seagoing memoirs is published. I might have one more in me -- we shall see what comes to be. The book is rich in images from 1960 and benefits from the journal my wife kept during her seven month voyage as supernumerary on the venerable SS Marwarri to India and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Harry Nicholson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Author page attribution errors topic " Dear splendid librarians, your efforts are appreciated. Please can you remove the listed titles from my author page. They are not mine. I am the author ...more "
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It is a collection of short stories that pretend to be a novel. Why not admit this and inform the reader at the outset. It is far too clever, contrived, and posturing.
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“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman

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“Memory is the scribe of the soul”
― Aristotle

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“a collision at sea will ruin your entire day”
― thucydides

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“Fog everywhere. Fog up the river where it flows among green airs and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.... Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

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“There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea.”
― Anacharsis

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