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In this captivating work from 1899, the acclaimed author of The Cruise of the Cachalot and Idylls of the Sea recounts the vivid tapestry of his first four years at sea. With graphic and evocative language, he shares thrilling tales of his voyages to the West Indies, Bombay, the Coromandel coast, Melbourne, and Rangoon. This mesmerizing account of maritime adventures and the colorful humanity encountered along the way is sure to enthrall readers. One can easily see parallels to the American classic Two Years Before the Mast. Bullen, who lived a life full of adventure from a young age, drew from...

SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

Frank Thomas Bullen (April 5 1857 - March 1 1915), British author and novelist, was born of poor parents in Paddington, London, on 5 April 1857, and was educated for a few years at a dame school and Westbourne school, Paddington. In 1869 he went to sea and travelled to all parts of the world. OUR FIRST WHALE: Simultaneous ideas occurring to several people, or thought transference, whatever one likes to call the phenomenon, is too frequent an occurrence in most of our experience to occasion much surprise.