“The Mechanic of Salerno” is a story by Boris Zhitkov from the series “Sea Stories”. The main character managed to save all the passengers and crew of the ship from imminent death. Only the mechanic of Salerno was missing...Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov is the author of popular stories for children, adventure stories and stories on a maritime theme, and a novel about the events of the 1905 revolution. Boris Zhitkov is the author of the following works: “Zoo”, “Korzhik Dmitry”, “Blizzard”, “The History of the Ship”, “Mirage”, “Courage”, “Black Sails”, “Hurricane”, “Elchan-Kaya”, “Victor” Vavich", others.