From the Forecastle to the Cabin

Download or read book From the Forecastle to the Cabin written by Samuel Samuels and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir of the man who according the Ralph Pain's introduction, "...ran away to sea at the tender age of eleven, was shanghaied by a Baltimore crimp, chased by West India pirates, sailed around the world in a haunted ship, was master on a Yankee quarterdeck at twenty-one, fought cannibals, and commanded the "Dreadnought" in seventy-eight voyages across the Atlantic and always brought her safely into port.