title: Live Bait: A Sailor, his Family, and the Chronicles of HMS Defence, before and during the First World War and the Battle of Jutland
author:  Tony Trevithick 
description: Tony was born in Cornwall, England, where he resided in the small, rural village of St. Germans. In the early 1950's, he and his mother immigrated to the United States aboard the S.S. America (tourist class). After being processed at Ellis Island, they joined his father who had accepted a job as a butler. Tony has been writing short stories, magazine articles, poems and novels. Like many, contemporary authors, his avant-garde writing style allows the reader to live in the moment.
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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  
  
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  Jim Crossley read modern history at Cambridge and has written six successful
  books on military history. Retired from a career in industry, he lives in
  Norfolk and enjoys sailing and country living generally. He has always been
  fascinated by the relationship between Britain and Germany, two nations united
  by many common values and family connections, yet torn apart by two world
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  By the same author:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Something Wrong With Our Ships2008Published privately
  
  
  British Destroyers 1892-19182009Osprey Publishing
  
  
  Bismarck: The Epic Sea Chase2010Pen and Sword
  
  
  The Hidden Threat2011Pen and Sword
  
  
  Monitors of the Royal Navy2015Pen and Sword
  
  
  Voices from Jutland2016Pen and Sword
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Perils and the Prize
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jim Crossley
  
  
  
  
  
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