From Gateshead to the Gates of Gaza

by Michael Tate and Peter Atkinson

A fourteen-year- old merchant navy apprentice called John Tate, sent eleven letters back to his mother in Gateshead over a six-year period in the 1830's. The letters allowed the joint authors to piece together his journey from a Newcastle collier brig to a Royal Naval man o' war in the Mediterranean. Whilst keeping in touch with his life back home, this ordinary young sailor got caught up in some daunting experiences, including a midnight flit,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839751673
• ISBN13: 9781839751677
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"