An Old Sailor's Yarns

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An Old Sailor's Yarns collects sea tales by Nathaniel Ames (1796-1835), the American sailor-author whose memoirs of life before the mast came a decade before Dana's Two Years Before the Mast and helped open the genre. Ames went to sea as a young man and wrote of the forecastle, foreign ports, and the rough life of the early American merchant marine with first-hand salt. His books are among the earliest authentic American sea narratives. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.

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Nathaniel Ames

Nathaniel Ames drew his American sea narratives from voyages in merchant ships during the early nineteenth century. An Old Sailor’s Yarns collects fictionalized maritime tales shaped by shipboard routine, storms, trade, discipline, and the storytelling culture of experienced seamen.

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