[PW] Inexperienced people in occupations who then excel at them

[Bristol Library]

Hmm. . . there was someone in a related occupation who excelled:
Bartholomew Roberts was apparently a merchant sailor when his ship was
captured by pirates.  Roberts was forced into piracy but apparently took to
the life with gusto, and was elected captain of the ship a few weeks later.
Some have called him the most successful  pirate of all (CEOs of some large
corporations excepted).

Jeanne


On 4/4/07, Sara Bernelli <sbernelli at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> A patron is looking for examples of people who, without experience for
> a particular occupation, profession or job, then excels at the job. I've
> done some searching on Google, Factiva and a few others but came up
> pretty much empty. Thanks.
>
> Sara
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