An old seaman tells his own story, beginning amid the brawling of Donnybrook Fair outside Dublin and going to sea as a boy. He learns the bitters and sweets of shipboard life, sees the West Indies, a besieged planter’s house and a pirate stronghold, and sails whaling and sealing across the Pacific.
A long, salty Victorian sea yarn with a moral backbone, from one of the great writers of boys’ adventure. Download the free EPUB.