He also took charge of a motorboat ambulance service at Gallipoli in 1915. The success of his second book was followed by the publication of several long narrative poems, including Dauber (1914) and Reynard the Fox (1919).With the outbreak of the war, Masefield became an orderly at a hospital in France. Thinking that journalism might allow him to write for a living, Masefield returned to England in 1897.Masefield’s first volume of oetry, Salt-Water Ballads, was published in 1902, however, it was not until the publication of The Everlasting Mercy in 1911 that he made his mark on the literary scene. He found work as a bar hand but eventually secured employment at a carpet factory. But Masefield had other plans: he deserted ship vowing “to be a writer, come what might.”At seventeen Masefield was living as a vagrant in America. Arrangements were then made for him to join another ship in New York. Masefield’s apprenticeship was disastrous-he was classified as a Distressed British Seaman after a voyage around Cape Horn-and he soon left the ship. After being orphaned at an early age, he was sent to sea aboard the school-ship HMS Conway in preparation for a naval career. John Masefield (1878-1967) was born in Herefordshire, England.
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