Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Describe symbolism in Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by C.S. Forester
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While in New Orleans, Hornblower sees steam tugs, which are fairly irrelevant to the story except insofar as they prevent his leaving New Orleans in a timely fashion; they do serve, however, as a sort of symbolic death knell to the age of sail.
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies