The Phantom Death and Other Stories

W. CLARK RUSSELL (1844-1911) was an English author and a sailor for several years before he turned to journalism and fiction. He was well-regarded in his day for THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR and for THE DEATH SHIP A STRANGE STORY (sometimes reprinted as THE FLYING DUTCHMAN). He wrote much on nautical topics and campaigned to improve working conditions for seamen.<P>The Phantom Death and Other Stories collects 11 of Russell's classic horror-laced nautical stories including: The Phantom Death Brokers' Bay The Lazarette of the Huntress A Memory of the Pacific So Unnecessary! The Major's Commission A Nightmare of the Doldrums Try For Her in Fifty The Chiliman Tragedy The Secret of the Dead Mate and The Transport.