Unique Maritime Childhood Memoir
When God was an Atheist Sailor : Memories of a Childhood at Sea, 1902-1910
An extraordinary account of a childhood unlike any other. Born in 1902 in the middle of the ocean aboard a lumber schooner captained by her father, Burgess Cogill's early years were spent roaming the seas from the Northwest to Peru.
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About the book
This remarkable memoir recalls a life lived on the waves, filled with vivid anecdotes about sharks, dramatic girl-overboard moments, and fistfights on the quarterdeck—a fascinating glimpse into a vanished world of maritime adventure and a truly unique upbringing.
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Published by WW Norton & Co
