From the Forecastle to the Cabin, being the Memoirs of Capt. Samuel

Book Description

Samuels, Capt. Samuel. From the Forecastle to the Cabin, being the Memoirs of Capt. Samuel Samuels of the famous packet ship Dreadnought. Lauriat & Co., Boston 1924 (new edition with added introduction by Ralph Paine). 8vo, xxxix, 308pp, frontis. and ills throughout. Orig. dark blue cloth over boards, extremely bright gilt title & decoration on spine, excellent copy. Recollections by the skipper of a record-breaking Atlantic packet ship, the Dreadnought, in the mid-19th century, including service in the Texas navy and merchant voyages and adventures in the Mediterranean (including Turkey), the Philippines, and a mutiny aboard the packet Dreadnought, of which Samuels was master. "A lively series of maritime adventures around the world."--Smith, American Travellers Abroad.

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