Rent Tom Cringle's Log (Classics of Nautical Fiction)

Synopsis

Among the dozen or so masterpieces of the sea, none will start young blood quicker or give a more real and fascinating picture of early 19th century sea life than this famous log by Micheal Scott. The hero of the tale, Tom Cringle, is, in the opening chapter, an English midshipman thirteen years old. Assigned at first to service in home waters, he is soon transferred to the West Indies where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave-running are the order of the day. Tom later advances to captain with a command of his own -- the audacious little Wasp.

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