Confessions of a Tradesman

This book is an autobiography written by Frank Thomas Bullen, a British author and novelist, who was born to poor parents in Paddington, London, on 5 April 1857, and was educated for a few years at a dame school and Westbourne school, Paddington. At the age of 9, his aunt, who was his guardian, died. He then left school and took up work as an errand boy. In 1869, he went to sea and traveled to all parts of the world in various capacities including that of the second mate of the Harbinger and chief mate of the Day Dawn.