Louis Becke
Louis Becke (1855–1913) went to sea from Australia at fourteen, traded and was wrecked across the Pacific, worked for the blackbirder Bully Hayes, and began writing at forty. The South Seas in his stories are a workplace, not a paradise.
Louis Becke (1855–1913) went to sea from Australia at fourteen, traded and was wrecked across the Pacific, worked for the blackbirder Bully Hayes, and began writing at forty. The South Seas in his stories are a workplace, not a paradise.
