The Mammoth Book of Life Before the Mast - Sailors Eyewitness Accounts from the Age of Fighting Ships

This text contains eyewitness accounts of the battles, the hardships, and the excitement of naval service during the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812 - a time when combat at sea was won, not by technology but by sheer courage, wit and endurance. Gathered from memoirs, diaries and letters, the book includes accounts of the age's decisive naval engagements, as well as glimpses into Jack Tar's existence aboard a man-o-war; scurvy, whippings, storms, piracy, press gangs, drudgery and cannibalism.

Title - The Mammoth Book of Life Before the Mast - Sailors Eyewitness Accounts from the Age of Fighting Ships

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Author - Jon E. Lewis

ISBN 13 - 9781841191751

Imprint - Robinson Publishing

Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group

Date Published - 25/01/2001

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 197 x mm

Weight - 375 g

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