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Book Reviews of Before the Wind : The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833

Before the Wind : The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
Before the Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 18081833
Author: Charles Tyng, Susan Fels (Editor)
ISBN-13: 9780670886326
ISBN-10: 0670886327
Publication Date: 6/1/1999
Pages: 270
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Before the Wind : The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833 on + 103 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
There is something natural and immediate about Tyng's writing.For anyone who had a childhood fantasy of shipping out for a distant voyage on a nineteeth-century commercial sailing vessel,
Zydeco avatar reviewed Before the Wind : The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833 on + 80 more book reviews
A superb diary of a 19th century sea captain. Superb!