Posted by George Sehmel on July 09, 1998 at 06:17:21:
Do you have any information on Captain Sehmel? I am interested because we have the same last name, and there are few Sehmel's in the world that I know about. I received the following message--can you tell me any more. Thank you. sehmel@3-cities.com
"He [AR] gave Peter Duck a Broadland background, for he himself was a
frequent visitor to the Norfolk lakes, and could make the suggestion
plausible; but in actuality the original of Peter Duck came from Latvia.
His name was Captain Sehmel, and he figures prominently (as "the Ancient
Mariner") in _Racundra's First Cruise_, where his photograph may be
found, and many details of his life story."