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Hair Breadth Escapes - Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan Cuba East Indies etc etc - cover

Hair Breadth Escapes - Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan Cuba East Indies etc etc

T. S. Arthur

Publisher: Good Press

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You will love this adventure travel that discusses the lives of Japanese and Cuban sailors and travelers. Excerpt: I served as assistant pilot on board the merchant vessel Dolphin, bound from Jamaica for London… when one afternoon, I suddenly observed a very suspicious-looking schooner bearing down…
Available since: 12/13/2019.
Print length: 204 pages.

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