{"product_id":"before-the-wind-the-memoir-of-an-american-sea-captain-1808-1833-9780140291919","title":"Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Tyng\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\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","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408430358679,"sku":"9780140291919","price":2121.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140291919.webp?v=1767309882","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/before-the-wind-the-memoir-of-an-american-sea-captain-1808-1833-9780140291919","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}