Guy Pearce Books

From the cover:
"If you cannot bring yourself to believe in the existence if a beautiful and irresistible mermaid, this boos is not for you."

The back of the Dust jacket contains information from Mr. And Mrs. Jones on how they came about collaborating on this story. There is a picture by H.W. Hannau of the authors together.

Contents:
1. St. Hilda's
2. Villa Marina
3. Cay Oro
4. Thoughts in a Green Bathtub
5. St. Hilda's Takes Over
6. Absence of a Comb
7. Beach Picnic
8. Land Siren
9. Strange Catch
10. Sea Siren
11. Fish Pond
12. Grapevine
13. Fish Tales
14. Two Bites
15. Blip Protests
16. Polly Protests
17. Enchantment
18. Polly Hesitates
19. Freedom of the Press
20. Interest from Government House
21. Job for Mandrake
22. Cay Oro Again
23. The Wild White Horses

Arthur Peabody and his wife are the type of old Bostonians that one would imagine. They take a vacation Villa (Marina) in the Caribbean; There Mr. Peabody is getting over the flu. What should be some quiet time for them turns intone big party and the Organizer of the party insisted the Peabody's' foot the bill.

They just had to meat all the exotic people that live on the island. Naturally Mrs. Peabody is flirted with and even Arthur is being corralled.

He manages to borrow a boat from the local caretaker and plans on doing a little fishing to the consternation of his wife and dog. I need not tell what is finally caught and fearing evil spirits the household help runs off. His wife suspects hanky panky. And the situation snowballs from there.

If you get a chance you will want to watch the movie with William Powel "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid"

From the cover:
"If you cannot bring yourself to believe in the existence if a beautiful and irresistible mermaid, this boos is not for you."

The back of the Dust jacket contains information from Mr. And Mrs. Jones on how they came about collaborating on this story. There is a picture by H.W. Hannau of the authors together.

Contents:
1. St. Hilda's
2. Villa Marina
3. Cay Oro
4. Thoughts in a Green Bathtub
5. St. Hilda's Takes Over
6. Absence of a Comb
7. Beach Picnic
8. Land Siren
9. Strange Catch
10. Sea Siren
11. Fish Pond
12. Grapevine
13. Fish Tales
14. Two Bites
15. Blip Protests
16. Polly Protests
17. Enchantment
18. Polly Hesitates
19. Freedom of the Press
20. Interest from Government House
21. Job for Mandrake
22. Cay Oro Again
23. The Wild White Horses

Arthur Peabody and his wife are the type of old Bostonians that one would imagine. They take a vacation Villa (Marina) in the Caribbean; There Mr. Peabody is getting over the flu. What should be some quiet time for them turns intone big party and the Organizer of the party insisted the Peabody's' foot the bill.

They just had to meat all the exotic people that live on the island. Naturally Mrs. Peabody is flirted with and even Arthur is being corralled.

He manages to borrow a boat from the local caretaker and plans on doing a little fishing to the consternation of his wife and dog. I need not tell what is finally caught and fearing evil spirits the household help runs off. His wife suspects hanky panky. And the situation snowballs from there.

If you get a chance you will want to watch the movie with William Powel "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid"


Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

This was a very good book, so authentic you almost feel part of the hapless crew of this boat. The strong point is, it was written during the war, and it was not edited afterwards.. Luckily for us readers. You get a very authentic feel of how things were seen then. Excellent, well worth reading!

This is an amazing survival story but I think it could have been written better. This story was written in 1940 or 1941 right after the events described take place. The copy of the book I have was printed in 2001. Even though it is 60 years later they still say things like "they can't say where the convoy was headed because of security concerns...." I think 60 years later it is fine to know where a coal cargo ship is heading. There are several things like this in the book - it just shows 60 years later they didn't even spend a few minutes updating some minor details. That's minor stuff.

What I thought was worse was the way the author wrote the book. He starts of the first few pages telling you most of the story... who dies ... who survives... how long it all took... where the survivors finish their journey. I think that is a very poor way to tell a story. It's like watching a five minute edit of a movie just before you see the whole movie - kind of ruins most of the suspense. It's a good story but I would recommend skipping the intro & reading it at the end of the book. The guys endured some terrible events for sure. I do think it is worth reading if you like survival stories - it is one of the most amazing survival stories ever.

A much better read I would recommend is "Adrift".

This is an excellent book. All Brave Sailors by Revell Carr covers the same story in much greater detail and is also recommended highly.