John C. HutchesonBritish novelist John Conroy Hutcheson (1840–1997), who wrote books and short tales about life at sea, was a maritime expert. Hutcheson was born in the Channel Islands in Jersey in 1840, and he passed away on Hampshire's Portsea Island in late 1896 o early 1897. Some of his most popular books are: Picked Up at Sea; or, the Gold Miners of Minturne Creek. And other stories, etc. On Board the “Esmeralda”; or, Martin Leigh’s log. A sea story The Wreck of the Nancy Bell; or, Castaway on Kerguelen Land, The Penang Pirate and the Lost Pinnace. Fritz and Eric; or the brother Crusoes, Tom Finch’s monkey and how he dined with the Admiral, and other yarns, etc. The White Squall: a Story of the Sargasso Sea Bob Strong’s Holidays; or, Adrift in the Channel, etc. Afloat at Last. A sailor boy’s log of his life at sea, etc. The Ghost Ship, The Island Treasure, also known as The Black Man’s Ghost, Young Tom Bowling Read More Read Less