← Alan RossThe Forties: A Period Pieceby Alan RossFind on Amazon↗About the authorAlan RossRoss was a poet, editor, and writer of the sea and cricket whose autobiographical prose of wartime naval service and postwar bohemia is of great literary quality.More by Alan RossCoastwise LightsPoetry collection about lighthouses, seascapes, and maritime imagery→Open SeaPoetry collection exploring the sea and maritime life with vivid imagery→The Tutor of Private Pupils→Blindfold Games→