The Westerman Yarns: In the near future...

Friday, October 25, 2019

In the near future...

Thanks for dropping-in on the Westerman Yarns blog site. My departure in doing 'other things' over the last couple of years was very much due to my over commitment to other projects and organisations, but I am now back at my Westerman Yarns desk and dusting off my book collections that have been neglected of late. I'm embarrassed to realise that my last blog post was 18 months ago. However, I am, I hope, now in a position to get cracking with posting some new stuff.... and some old stuff that once appeared in the newsletters.

I've started the ball rolling by posting a very early Percy Westerman story The Prisoner of War - A Tale of Portchester Castle During the Napoleonic Wars which I hope you will enjoy. If you want me to post anything on the site, please feel free to send me a message.

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.