Sons of the Sea: A Tale of the Old Grimsby Fishermen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475027495)

Patrick John Rose was born on board his father's ship, the Marguerite, off the coast of New York on January 29, 1872. His stories relate that his father's name was (Captain) John Wesley Rose of Dublin, Ireland. Patrick claimed to have sailed for more than 30 years and was familiar with the Grimsby Docks of England, Humber Estuary, and the Dogger Banks of the North Sea. Patrick was also familiar with Dacre Castle, which was being used (according to Wikipedia ) as a farm home by 1816, later restored into an elegant private residence. Patrick professed to be a "sailor, prospector, miner, cowpoke, and oil worker." He published one book during his lifetime (Bitter River Ranch in 1936 through Phoenix Press) and wrote many others as well as painted numerous illustrations for his manuscripts-many of schooners-one of which purportedly hung in the White House. Records indicate that he was married and living in San Francisco by 1918. Patrick John "Stanley McShane" Rose died in August, 1959, in Long Beach near the ocean he loved at 87 years of age.