Description
One man's voyage through life
It's the late 1960s - a decade of Mods and Rockers; Beats and Hippies and full of peace and love. Aged seventeen, John Cooke ventures out on the roads, hitch-hiking around the UK. On the South Coast, he gets caught up with the romance of the sea and foregoes his freedom when he signs away more than nine years of his life by joining the Royal Navy. It is only after signing on the dotted line that he realises he's made a monumental mistake; and there is no legitimate way out.
John recounts his adventures as an adolescent who sails to the Far East; visiting Cape Town, Singapore, Sydney and Perth along the way. His voyage through the tempestuous sea of life was interspersed with time spent in Military Corrective Training Centres as well as in the Royal Navy Detention Quarters.
But this epic journey is only the beginning for John on his road to discovery...
About the Author
John Cooke had a fragmented childhood when his mother left him with his alcoholic father. He left his adopted family after spending time in the Royal Navy and struck out on his own. He attended night school before gaining a degree and a postgraduate diploma. He eventually became a Careers Officer and fulfilled his wish, which was to help other young people with their decision making, and not to make the mistakes he made. John lives in North Wales.
Book Information
ISBN 9781800460744
Author John Cooke
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Matador
Publisher Troubador Publishing
It's the late 1960s - a decade of Mods and Rockers; Beats and Hippies and full of peace and love. Aged seventeen, John Cooke ventures out on the roads, hitch-hiking around the UK. On the South Coast, he gets caught up with the romance of the sea and foregoes his freedom when he signs away more than nine years of his life by joining the Royal Navy. It is only after signing on the dotted line that he realises he's made a monumental mistake; and there is no legitimate way out.
John recounts his adventures as an adolescent who sails to the Far East; visiting Cape Town, Singapore, Sydney and Perth along the way. His voyage through the tempestuous sea of life was interspersed with time spent in Military Corrective Training Centres as well as in the Royal Navy Detention Quarters.
But this epic journey is only the beginning for John on his road to discovery...
About the Author
John Cooke had a fragmented childhood when his mother left him with his alcoholic father. He left his adopted family after spending time in the Royal Navy and struck out on his own. He attended night school before gaining a degree and a postgraduate diploma. He eventually became a Careers Officer and fulfilled his wish, which was to help other young people with their decision making, and not to make the mistakes he made. John lives in North Wales.
Book Information
ISBN 9781800460744
Author John Cooke
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Matador
Publisher Troubador Publishing
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