Don Silk built his first boat, the "Patsy Jean", with a book on boat building in one hand. Constructed from specially milled Northland kauri, it was launched at Opononi, on the Hokianga Harbour, and in 1959 he set off for Rarotonga with his wife and baby daughter. Scarcely more than a decade later he was the co-owner, with Bob Boyd, of the highly successful inter-island shipping company Silk & Boyd, based in the Cook Islands. At their peak in the 1970s, they operated a fleet of three vessels and moved thousands of tonnes of cargo around the South Pacific, as well as to the various international destinations. This work recounts Silk's adventures in the Pacific over nearly four decades. During this time, vessels were bought and sold, rebuilt and wrecked; cargoes of coconuts and corned beef, pineapples and pearl shells were transported, along with crazy English beachcombers and Mormon missionaries complete with bicycles. The excitement of hurricanes and shipwrecks, stowaways and drunken sea captains was matched by the challenge of outwitting officialdom, as Silk endeavoured to explain, on one occasion, a shipment of arms and, on another, a cargo of liquor worth more than a million dollars.
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Hardback Editions
March 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger: A Volume of Autobiography Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-933852-78-9 / 978-0-933852-78-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1986 : Hardback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger: a Personal Adventure Author(s): John Masters Publisher: Michael Joseph Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1978 : Hardback
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January 1967 : Hardback
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1959 : Hardback
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January 1957 : Hardback
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December 1956 : Hardback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-7181-0033-6 / 978-0-7181-0033-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1956 : Hardback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger: A Personal Adventure Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-670-19450-6 / 978-0-670-19450-6 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Michael Joseph Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1954 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
June 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-304-36156-9 / 978-0-304-36156-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Cassell Military Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2002 : Paperback
| Title: BUGLES AND A TIGER: MY LIFE IN THE GURKHAS (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS S.) Author(s): JOHN MASTERS Publisher: Cassell military Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger (Echoes of War) Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-907675-65-4 / 978-0-907675-65-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Ashford,Buchan & Enright Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1973 : Paperback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger Author(s): John Masters ISBN: 0-552-09230-4 / 978-0-552-09230-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Childrens Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1969 : Paperback
| Title: Bugles and a Tiger (New English Library Paperback) Author(s): John Masters Publisher: New English Library/Times Mirror Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1968 : Mass Market Paperback
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1967 : Paperback
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1965 : Paperback
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1962 : Paperback
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January 1958 : Paperback
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January 1956 : Paperback
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1967 : Unknown
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1965 : Unknown
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1964 : Unknown
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1962 : Unknown
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1956 : Unknown
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1956 : Unknown
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1956 : Unknown
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