{"product_id":"before-the-wind-the-memoir-of-an-american-sea-captain-1808-1833-paperback","title":"Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Tyng\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Tyng\u003c\/b\u003e's quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the nineteenth century. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor. \u003cb\u003eBefore the Wind\u003c\/b\u003e has been hailed as a superb contribution to seafaring literature, alongside such books as \u003cb\u003eTwo Years Before the Mast\u003c\/b\u003e and the novels of \u003cb\u003ePatrick O'Brian\u003c\/b\u003e. 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 \u003cb\u003eLord Byron\u003c\/b\u003e as well as the British princess (later queen) \u003cb\u003eVictoria\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Tyng\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1801. His voyages took him across the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Caribbean, visiting Cuba, China, Europe, Indonesia and the Sandwich Islands among other ports of call. He died in Rhode Island in 1879.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.7 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53451072012595,"sku":"9780140291919","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/OBKE1evTAN9780140291919.webp?v=1782966948","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/before-the-wind-the-memoir-of-an-american-sea-captain-1808-1833-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}