Naval life
Subtitle: or, Observations afloat and on shore. The midshipman.
By: By W. F. Lynch, U.S.N.
Series: American culture series -- 447.1.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1851
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Midshipmen
First sentence: A motherless child, with a father who, though not devoid of affection, was engrossed by the care of his property, I esteemed myself fortunate that at the age of sixteen, with the love of adventure enkindled by the very perils arrayed to deter me, I abandoned my studies, and embraced the roving, stirring, homeless, comfort, but attractive life of a sailor.
Description: The recollections and journals of William F. Lynch. He served as a midshipman under Captain Issac Hull on the U.S.S. Constitution in the war of 1812, then under Commodore David Porter fighting pirates in the Carribean in 1823. His description of landings in Cuba in hot pursuit of pirates were contrary to the avowed policy of Spain. -- Robert Porter Lynch
Notes: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 447.1)