CHOU YI-SZU: SAILOR-SPY: The Life and Adventures of Cmdr. Theodore W. Joyce, USN

by Paul Pintarich, Mary Lyon

Sixteen-year-old Ted Joyce stood on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and looked out over the tall sailing ships in the harbor. It was 1918 and the World War I was underway. He lamented that he was too young to join the service. On a whim, Joyce signed on to the crew of the Holbrook, a leaky banged-together cargo ship that was sailing for Honolulu. Little did he know that this was the start of the adventures and intrigues that would mark his forty-two year career as a sailor, soldier-of-fortune, merchant marine, Chinese Nationalist spy, Chinese Customs Officer, and U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer.

259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2018