Twenty years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books by Frederic Stanhope Hill
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| Author | Hill, Frederic Stanhope, 1829-1913 |
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| LoC No. | 11021844 |
| Title | Twenty years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books |
| Alternate Title | 20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books |
| Original Publication | United States: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,1893. |
| Contents | In the merchant service: How I went to sea. My first voyage. The mutiny. Not born to be drowned. A "Shanghaeing" episode. To California before the gold discovery. Recapturing a runaway. Chased by pirates -- In the naval service: The outbreak of the Civil War. A night attack by a Confederate ram. The passage of the forts and the capture of New Orleans. On to New Orleans. Chasing a blockade runner. A narrow escape. A successful still hunt. Catching a Tartar. The naval traitor. Hunting for bushwhackers. The end of the struggle. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865) |
| LoC Class | VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine |
| Subject | Voyages and travels |
| Subject | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations |
| Subject | Merchant marine -- United States |
| Subject | Hill, Frederic Stanhope, 1829-1913 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 68103 |
| Release Date | May 17, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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