Recollections of an island boy -- I discover black and white -- The wide, wide world -- Sailing ship days -- On the beach Marcus Garveys dream -- The dark years -- Stirrings of hope -- The world revisited -- The commission will not interfere -- On the bridge -- Action in the north Atlantic -- To all brave sailors -- The routine of war -- The commander is dead -- A peacetime sailor -- Painting and politics -- Blacklist -- To all young sailors.