Blow The Man Down

Holman Day's brisk sea-and-shore adventure of a young man making his way in the hard world of shipping and coastal trade, full of salt air, rivalry and grit.

At a glance Holman Day, a chronicler of New England's working coast, spins a lively adventure of… What it's about Blow the Man Down follows a determined young man into the world of… The story mixes the perils of seafaring with the intrigues of the shipping business… Day's feel for the workaday life of sailors and traders gives the tale its salty…

Blow the Man Down follows a determined young man into the world of coastal shipping and maritime trade, where fortunes are made and lost on the water and on the wharves.