The Midshipman

His latest Novel, The Midshipman, departs from his usual subject matter and provides a fictional story based on the early lives of some of Britain’s young and spoiled children of England’s Aristocracy.  The easiest solution for handling their problem boys was to enroll them in the services of the Navy as a disciplinary measure and a start of a naval career.  It deals with the lives of the young midshipmen employed in the Navy in the early eighteen hundreds and their extraordinary and amazing exploits.

Douglas Hargreaves was Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada in 1925.  He spent the first 10 years of his life there, later moving to Alberta.  He lived in the area for several years then joined the Royal Canadian Airforce in 1943.  He served a tour of operation with an RAF Bomber group, completing his tour of 35 operational missions over enemy territory.  He returned to Canada and later obtained a job flying locally out of Pine Falls Manitoba.  He then moved into to Northern Canada and became a part time Hudson’s Bay Post employee and Bush pilot serving North Saskatchewan.  He is married with two sons and their families.  He has written many articles and short stories.  His first published novel was The Cowboy now in its third printing followed by its sequel From Cowboys to Cockpits in its second printing.

The books, although fiction, are based on the many interesting experiences and adventures of the author as a young boy growing up in the foothills of Alberta, and his experiences while in the services and in Northern Canada.

The author resides in Abbotsford, British Columbia, but spends much of his time in Blaine, WA with his wife on their sailboat into the Georgia Straits.