Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140291911 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor. Sailors, armchair travelers, history buffs, and lovers of pulse-quickening maritime stories will find this book as seductive as the siren song of the sea.. He makes and loses fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton. He meets Lord Byron as well as the British princess (later queen) Victoria. Both Tyng's life and the way he recounts his years at sea are full of wonder: He survives shipwrecks, squalls, and pirates. Charles Tyng's quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the nineteenth century. Before the Wind has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as Two Years Before the Mast and the novels of Patrick O'Brian
"An interesting account of merchant service on tall ships" according to Fred Camfield. I came across a reference to this book when checking the book reviews of another amazon.com reviewer. It is an autobiography of Captain Charles Tyng, covering the early part of his life and, in particular, his career in as a merchant mariner from the time he was 1An interesting account of merchant service on tall ships I came across a reference to this book when checking the book reviews of another amazon.com reviewer. It is an autobiography of Captain Charles Tyng, covering the early part of his life and, in particular, his career in as a merchant mariner from the time he was 13 to the time he was. to the time he was. Depends on you mattgb1 If you're not already into this stuff, it will put you to sleep.If on the other hand, like me, the mere mention of the days of tall ships fills your lungs with salt air, gets your sea legs in motion, and gives you a faraway thrill, then this becomes the definitive life story of every. "Absolutely wonderful read" according to starflakes. Charles Tyng tells a most exciting real life tale which is better than the fiction which movies are made of.To think of the hardships of a rather rebelious little boy from his mother dying who overcame to become a most successful gentleman is a profile in courage and chivalry. Tyng h
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Helena and saw the first Atlantic steamship. But he loved his second voyage and soon became one of the youngest captains in the American merchant fleet. From Publishers Weekly What's not to like in a narrative that features pirates, rude seamen and exotic ports? Tyng (1801-1879), who rose from cabin boy to captain and prosperous merchant, wrote this account of his early sailing days in later life. As Tyng tells of voyages around the world carrying cargoes of bullion, tea, linseed oil, molasses and other items to Holland, China, Cuba and other destinations, he writes with understatement, modesty and a deadpan humor that might or might not be intentional. In 1996, this memoir was found by his great-great-granddaughter, Susan Fels, who edited the 419-page handwritten manuscript. Consider this description of an aborted mutiny: "The cook who