A Drop of the Hard Stuff

About the Book

About the Author

Eight years after his Uncle Tom had been killed at Arras, France, during World War I., Peter Wright was born in Wallasey, England. The appalling slaughter in France and Belgium in 1916 and 1917, made a profound impression on him. After completing six years at a Dominican boarding school for boys, Blackfriars, he went to sea as a deck apprentice with Elder Dempster Lines of Liverpool. Three years after gaining his Master’s Certificate, he immigrated to the United States where he worked as Port Captain, Stevedore Superintendent, and Marine Surveyor. He retired in 1991 and lives in Northern California.