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Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
Before the Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833
Author: Charles Tyng
Charles Tyng's quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the nineteenth century. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor. Before the Wind has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as Two Years Before the Mast...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140291919
ISBN-10: 0140291911
Publication Date: 6/1/2000
Pages: 270
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette
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A superb diary of a 19th century sea captain. Superb!


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