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  • Before the Wind

  • The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
  • By: Charles Tyng
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins

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By: Charles Tyng
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Summary

In the current wave of seafaring literature, no fictional sailor's story can match this true real-life adventure. With Charles Tyng's Before the Wind we roam the world of the early 19th century: visit Lord Byron in Italy, King Tamehameha in Hawaii, and skirt Napoleon's prison isle of St. Helena. We learn to siphon rum from the captain's cask, relive the historic battle of The Bulwark and The Chesapeake, and witness an encounter with a mermaid.

©1999 Charles Tyng (P)2009 Phoenix
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