The White Squall

"The White Squall" is a seaside adventure novel. Tom, a young man is the son of an English naval officer. His father had retired early and bought a plantation in the West Indies Island of Grenada. The family had lived quite happily and Tom hoped to eventually join the navy. His father takes him one day to see an old friend, Captain Miles aboard his ship the 'Josephine'. As the two men chat, Tom realizes that his father's intention is for him to go back to England for his school, and that he will travel there on board the ship, an enticing prospect for a young man…