William McFee

William McFee (b. London June 15 1881, d. July 2 1966) was a writer of sea stories.

He was born on the "Erin's Isle," a three-master owned by his father, a sea captain. Educated at Culford School, he became a mechanical engineer at Richard Moreland & Sons and W. Summerscales & Sons in the City, before going to sea as a marine engineer in 1906. He rose to chief engineer in ships of the Woodfield SS Co.; went to the United States in 1911 and wrote books, afterwards going to sea in ships of the United Fruit Company. During World War I he served in the British Navy as engineer in transports on various ships after which he returned to the United States to live in Westport, Connecticut. He was with the United Fruit Co., as chief until 1922, when he turned definitively to writing. In addition to books, he also wrote reviews for "The New York Sun" and "The New York Times".

His first book was:

*cite book|title=Letters from an Ocean Tramp|year=1908|publisher=Cassell & Company, Inc|id=ASIN: B00085TFRQ

Other novels included:

He wrote several collections of reminiscences; his hobby was making ship models.

References

"Everyman's Dictionary of Literary Biography, English and American" (1958)
"Who Was Who 1897-2006" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.bartleby.com/237/6.html "The Market"]
* [http://content-backend-a.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf1d5nb038&doc.view=entire_text William McFee papers at Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles]

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