by George A. Mershon (Author), Dan Cornwell (Author)
"A True Yarn" is a book based on Dan Cornwell's memorirs, letters, remembrances, and recollections when he served as a Merchant Marine Captain of a U.S. Liberty Ship During WW-2. The book uses the war as a venue. But, most of the chapters are short stories involving humor, people he encounters, new cultures he discovers, history of the time, and his adventures on and off his ship. Each of of his stories is based on fact and readable by anyone of any age
Author Biography
George A. Mershon was raised on a farm in Unionville, PA, won a national conservation contest while in high school, flew with U.S. Navy, played soccer in college, raced sports cars, owned and operated six restaurants, made a 1,500 mile trip as capatain of his own sailing yacht, has a master's degree in linguistics, and is presently self-employed as a ghost writer of biographies. He continues to live near West Chester, Chester County, PA.