The Westerman Yarns: April 2013

Saturday, April 20, 2013

A First Edition Out Now

The first edition of The Westerman Yarns Newsletter is now available as a pdf by subscribing to Friends of The Westerman Yarns. The first edition includes an early rare complete story, The Prisoner of War - A Tale of Portchester Castle During the Napoleonic Wars (1908) by Percy F. Westerman and a review by James Mackenzie of To the Fore with the Tanks, plus news, letters and articles.

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The Westerman Yarns

Percy F Westerman was born in Portsmouth in 1876 and for a time attended Portsmouth Grammar School. He worked as an Admiralty Clerk in the Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, and whilst there he began to write contributions for yachting magazines and other periodicals

At the age of 31 he began writing adventure books for children and during a fifty year writing career, he wrote more than 170 books. In the 1930s he was voted the most popular boys' author in a Daily Sketch poll conducted through public libraries.

His son John F C Westerman went on to write another 30 books in a similar style.

‘Westerman’ books are now sought after by collectors around the world.
If you are interested in learning more about Percy Westerman, please contact me as there are several different themed talks about him, his books and his love of sailing.