_An American Boy's War Adventures_
_Told by Wilfred Raymond Doyle, on His Majesty's Ship "The Queen
Elizabeth"_
This is the first-hand narrative of an American boy's extraordinary
yet characteristic exploits, told from his own viewpoint and in
his own language. Young Doyle's noticeable aptitude at telling
his story may be accounted for by the fact that he is a born
journalist. His parents, who reside in Yonkers, are people of
education and refinement. The father is a blind poet of some local
repute, and at one time published a little newspaper in the Harlem
district of New York City. The special causes which led to the
enterprising lad's departure from home, and how he came to enlist
in the British Navy, are best detailed by himself in the _New York
World_.