Wasser, Wind und Weite Welt

Kircheiss, C: 1954 Bertelsmann, hardcover, 306 pages, illustrated. An autobiographical account written for maritime enthusiasts, this book documents Carl Kircheiss’s formative journey from a fifteen-year-old ship’s boy on the bark Hans into an experienced mariner. Through detailed recollections of historical seafaring, hard physical labor, and early global travels, the narrative preserves the authentic traditions and demanding realities of a vanished era of commercial sailing ships. In good condition