A textbook for college courses, but which can also be used for self-study by writers. The lessons and exercises are designed to be completed and listened to within two-hour sessions. The basic equipme
Presents an autobiography of the nineteenth-century ship captain and his exciting adventures at sea, from his first voyages as a seaman at eleven years old to his experiences as the leader of the Drea
In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay joined the Royal Navy and spent the next eight years at sea. His colorful memoir describes a sailor s hard life during the period and includes actions off t
The wife of a 19th-century merchant service master chronicles her life at sea from 1829 to 1831, including the strange and exotic places that she saw on the trip from New England to the South Pacific,
