Life on the Ocean, or Twenty Years at Sea
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Life on the Ocean, or Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author The author of the following narrative has been induced to submit it to the public, at the instance and solicitation of numerous friends, who, with a full knowledge of his past life, and of his present condition and circumstances, have united in the opinion, that, whatever of advantage or disadvantage might accrue to the author, its publication would be of essential service in removing many erroneous and unfavorable impressions, which prevail in relation to the character and habits of seamen. The author is a sailor, the prime of whose life has been spent amid the strife of the elements, and not amid the endearments of the domestic circle. His past associations are of a character widely different from those which distinguish the literary taste and refinements of the fashionable saloons of the present day; and when he states that he is now, and has been for years past, entirely blind - thus disabled from pursuing his profession - that in consequence of this affliction and even with the aid of an amanuensis, many difficulties must obviously have interposed in the prosecution and completion of the manuscript, he appeals with confidence to the discernment of the public, and feels assured that any faults in elegance of composition, or otherwise, which his peculiar situation may have rendered unavoidable, will be overlooked. The "twenty years at sea," the narrative of which, so far as it is connected with his own life, he now lays before the reader, will ever be a memorable epoch in the world´s history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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