Ole-Bjørn Tobiassen
As a 14-year-old boy, the author signed on the three-masted barque “Statsraad Lemkuhl” in Bergen, Norway, as a sea cadet, together with some 180 other boys from West and North Norway. During his later naval years, he learned from real-life experiences to value hard work, endurance, discipline and self-reliance.
Later in life, he took on teaching and is now living in Wisconsin, USA, with his Norwegian wife, Tove. They are now both US citizens.