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Just W. Flood
1850–1936
Best known for lively sea stories and adventure tales, this Norwegian writer brought readers close to life on the coast, at sea, and in rough, restless places. His books from the 1880s were written with an eye for action and everyday experience.
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Merelä ja rannikolta: Kokoelma kertomuksia
by Just W. Flood
About the author
A Norwegian author born in 1850 and died in 1936, he is remembered mainly for a run of sea and adventure stories published in the 1880s. Store norske leksikon lists five of his best-known books from 1881 to 1886: Fem Aar til sjøs, Smuglergods, Fra Hav og Strand, Fra Land og Sjø, and Sjømænd og Gullgravere.
He came from the Flood family and was the son of the priest Boye J. Flood. He was also the brother of Jørgen W. Flood and the father of writer and genealogist Ingeborg Flood.
His surviving reputation rests on fiction shaped by maritime settings and coastal life, which helps explain why his work still attracts readers interested in classic Scandinavian seafaring literature.