[PDF.81fd] Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman (Bluejacket Books)

Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman (Bluejacket Books)

[PDF.zc69] Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman (Bluejacket Books)

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 | #1294262 in Books |  Naval Institute Press |  2002-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .48 x6.20 x9.10l, | File type: PDF | 155 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Too short, too stuffy|By S. Clark|This was very tantalizing and really whet my appetite for more. Pity it was so short. And pity it was written in such a stuffy, defensive style.

This has a lot of entertaining cartoons/illustrations by a famous illustrator working in that era, Cruikshank.

I'll be looking out for more real-life 17th and 18th century age-of-| |"Entertaining and highly readable..." -- Maritime Life and Traditions, Spring 2003|About the Author|Little is known about William Robinson beyond the details of his naval career set out in this book, but these have

William Robinson used a pseudonym in 1836 to publish his now-famous memoir, knowing his all-too-realistic description of life on the lower decks would create a scandal. But he hoped it also would provoke changes in the practices of impressment and unfair punishment of sailors. Writing from the point of view of the ordinary Jack Tar in Nelson's Navy, he described the press gangs, floggings, keel-haulings, poor food, long watches, and bloody battles that were routine, as w...

You easily download any file type for your device.Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman (Bluejacket Books)   |  William Robinson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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