Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Eric Linklater
Born: March 8, 1899
Died: November 7, 1974 (aged 75)
Bio: Eric Robert Russell Linklater was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books.
Known for:
- The Wind on the Moon (1944)
- Poet's Pub (1929)
- Private Angelo (1946)
- The Dark of Summer (1956)
- Magnus Merriman (1934)