The Making of a Sailor / Or Sea Life Aboard a Yankee Square-Rigger
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Exciting firsthand account of sailor's life in the 1870s: working the ship in rough weather, pleasures of shore leave, exotic lands and native girls, more. Enhanced with period illustrations of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0486256138
ISBN13:9780486256139
Release Date:April 1988
Publisher:Dover Publications
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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A wonderful story of life at sea
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is the best description of the hard life of an American sailor in the 1870s. Harlow, from New England, describes his first coastal voyage on a schooner, down the coast and up the Chesapeake and the Potomac. Then he tells of his long voyage to Australia on a square rigger. The book is fascinating and easy to read even if you don't fully understand all the nautical terms. It is well documented with sea chanteys, pictures and explanatory footnotes.
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