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9780670886326

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780670886326

  • ISBN10:

    0670886327

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Viking Adult
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Summary

In a memoir that reads like a novel, Tyng's sea-going exploits are recounted, as he rises in the ranks and makes his fortune as a captain and ship owner inthe tea and sugar trade.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
A Boston Boyhood
3(13)
First Voyage
16(29)
Return to China
45(8)
A Leaky Trip to Havana
53(11)
Pirates and Promotions
64(14)
Sharks, Monkeys, and Lord Byron
78(8)
Mutinies and the Mermaid
86(32)
The Schooner Zephyr
118(9)
More Pirates and a Sudden Squall
127(36)
A Belated Honeymoon
163(6)
A Man Overboard!
169(14)
The Brig Creole
183(11)
The Wreck of the Munroe
194(12)
A Painful Loss
206(8)
Rough Passages
214(15)
Dining Out in London and Paris
229(11)
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire
240(11)
Afterword 251(6)
Explanatory Notes 257(8)
Index 265

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