Five Years Before the Mast : Or Life in the Forecastle; Aboard of a Whaler and Man-of-war
(2023)
By:
Hazen, Jacob A
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Bookcrop, 2023
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781088260128 MWT16247984, 1088260128 16247984
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Jacob Hazen's "Five Years Before the Mast." describing his adventures on the sea with the navy and on a whale-ship, was first printed in 1854, and was so popular with the reading public that it was then was reprinted in 1856 and 1860, with numerous additional reprints in the late 19th century. The original articles forming a portion of the material out of which this volume is compiled, were partly drawn up by the writer during the year 1842, shortly after obtaining his discharge from the navy
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