Born and bred in St Ives the author is described as a 'brilliant researcher and local historian'. He has held a life-long fascination for the remarkable stories of seafareing, emigration, literary visitations from the likes of Robert Louis Stevenson and sojourns made by the likes of D H Lawrence. A longstanding correspondent of the town's local newspaper, The St Ives Times and Echo, where this selection of articles first appeared, Tom's articles make compelling reading.