This service autobiography of William Balfour Macdonald, the first British Columbia-born individual to be named cadet at Britannia, is a must-have for navel history enthusiasts. Macdonald served in the Pacific Rim, from Hawaii to China, and commanded one of the first two vessels of the infant Canadian navy.

Nautical, History, 152 pp, 6" × 9", b/w photographs
ISBN 0-919203-05-1, paper, $8.95