Timeline
Lifetime:
1880 -
1916
Passed: ≈
108 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Gorch Fock
Books by Gorch Fock
Seefahrt ist not!
Fiction
History
Drama
Novel
Family
19th century
Sea
Loss
Conflict
German
Industrialization
Fishing
Hamburg
Fishermen
Elbe
Plattdeutsch
In 'Seefahrt ist not!', Gorch Fock paints a vivid portrait of life on the Elbe Island of Finkenwerder near Hamburg in the late 19th century. Through the eyes of young Klaus Mewes, called 'Störtebeker,' we experience the harsh realities of life as a f...