Charles Tyng
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<b>Charles Tyng</b>'s quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the nineteenth century. Fortunately,
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he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor. <b>Before the Wind</b> has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as <b>Two Years Before the Mast</b> and the novels of <b>Patrick O'Brian</b>. Both Tyng's life and the way he recounts his years at sea are full of wonder: He survives shipwrecks, squalls, and pirates. He makes and loses fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton. He meets <b>Lord Byron</b> as well as the British princess (later queen) <b>Victoria</b>. Sailors, armchair travelers, history buffs, and lovers of pulse-quickening maritime stories will find this book as seductive as the siren song of the sea.
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