Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors - Tales of 1812
eBook - ePub

Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors - Tales of 1812

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors - Tales of 1812

About this book

This vintage book is authentic tales of nineteenth-century seafaring adventures and experiences. These exciting stories will appeal to those with an interest in maritime history and would prove invaluable for research purposes. Contents include: "Allen, of the Chesapeake", "Reuben James, Able Seaman", "the Man behind the Times", "The Coward", "The Scapegoat", "The Loss of the Vixen", "In the Harbor of Fayal", "The Escape of Symington", "The Narragansett", "Fighting Stewart", "Two Duels", "Dartmoor", "The Rival Life-Savers", and "Random Adventures". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing "Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors - Tales Of 1812" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing. This book was first published in 1897.

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Table of contents

  1. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors
  2. Sailing
  3. PREFACE
  4. ALLEN, OF THE CHESAPEAKE
  5. REUBEN JAMES, ABLE SEAMAN
  6. THE MEN BEHIND THE TIMES
  7. THE COWARD
  8. THE SCAPEGOAT
  9. THE LOSS OF THE VIXEN
  10. IN THE HARBOR OF FAYAL
  11. THE ESCAPE OF SYMINGTON
  12. THE NARRAGANSETT
  13. FIGHTING STEWART
  14. TWO DUELS
  15. DARTMOOR
  16. THE RIVAL LIFE-SAVERS
  17. RANDOM ADVENTURES