Before the Wind
The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
by Charles Tyng
From mermaids to mutinies, shipwrecks to cholera, the life of Charles Tyng was a nonstop voyage of adventure. His quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor.
He battles the forces of nature (and other men), surviving shipwrecks, squalls, and pirates. He makes and loses fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton. He meets Lord Byron as well as King Kamehameha of Hawaii and the British princess (later queen) Victoria.
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Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
June 5, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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June 1, 1999, Viking Adult
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"MY MOTHER HAVING PASSED AWAY when I was 7 years old, I was left in a measure to shift for myself amongs my relations, sometimes staying in one place, and then at another, and finally found a home at my Grandmother Atkins's in Newbury, and there went to school at the academy in Belleville."
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