George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters

Cover George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters
George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters
Carroll Storrs Alden
The book George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters was written by author Here you can read free online of George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters a good or bad book?
Where can I read George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters
What reading level is George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:


8o GEORGE HAMILTON PERKINS have great hopes that we shall capture one or two prizes. That will be some compensation for being on this station.
What a happy time I had at home those last three months! I am constantly recalling it and wishing those days would come back again.
November 29, 1859.
The captain and I took breakfast a few mornings ago with King Te, a celebrated old negro on this part of the coast. The breakfast was served up in great style, for he is rich, having made a great deal of m
...oney in the slave-trade. The occasion was thor oughly novel, but I found it difficult to swallow some of the food.
Speaking of one feast reminds me of another. I for got to tell you about the way we kept Thanksgiving. The commodore fixed it for the fleet on November 24. On that day we were off Lagos, a noted slave- station. It was very hot, and every one of our sur roundings was as different from New England as was possible. We had a big dinner, though, and did our best to celebrate.
The king of the Dahomeys, which is a warlike tribe on the coast, supplies most of the slave traders by selling them his prisoners of war.


What to read after George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Carroll Storrs Alden to read online
MoreLess
10
Tokens
George Hamilton Perkins Commodore Usn His Life And Letters
+Write review

User Reviews:

Write Review:

Guest

Guest