Steaming Light : A Memoir of Commander John C Pearson, OBE, RN
Written ( with the help of Commander Pearson's notes and diaries )
by his son, Bernard Pearson
A New Book Published by Book Midden Publishing on 20 July 2012
CONTACT WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Steaming Light
The story of an ordinary man growing up in an extraordinary time, encountering the great and the good and the frankly bizarre and taking journeys he could never have envisaged. John Cox Pearson a shy rather serious young man lived through most of the tumultuous twentieth century. As a naval officer he saw from sometimes uncomfortably close range the excesses of war and astounding technological advances witnessing huge shifts in the geo political landscape. He also had an extraordinary life in terms of the people he encountered and the places he found himself in over nearly eighty years. He met Noel Coward, Ian Fleming, Lord Mountbatten, Bob Dougall, and the artist, John Piper. Pearson travelled throughout South America. He was also stationed in North Russia during the war having first been in action in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic. He was one of the first people to visit the Nazi secret weapon sites after the war. As Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence he worked at G.C.H.Q which then officially did not exist. This is a story of the inner journey of a man who fell for an ‘impossible love’ in a world where everything was changing.
ISBN 10 1-905914-13-X
ISBN 13 978-1-905914-13-5
Published by
William P. Cross
Book Midden Publishing
58 Sutton Road
Newport
Gwent NP19 7JF, United Kingdom.
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