A TALE OF TWO OCEANS: An Account Of A Voyage From Philadelphia To San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50

Full Title of this book is: Tale Of Two Oceans: New Story By An Old Californian. An Account Of A Voyage From Philadelphia To San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, Calling At Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, And At Juan Fernandez, In The South Pacific.
Written and Published in San Francisco in 1893.

Preface:

In writing and presenting this book for the entertainment of the public, I am carrying out a long cherished desire. During my eventful trip from Philadelphia to San Francisco, I wrote a diary, in which I noted all my experiences and all events that passed under my observation. When I refer to my log, as the sea diary is called, my memory is refreshed to such a degree as to make that which took place more than forty years ago seem as though it were but yesterday.

The reason why I have delayed this long contemplated wish is because of the necessary daily battle of life to win the wherewith to buy the bread and the butter to sustain the body in a working condition. Now that I have retired, like the "little bee," into winter quarters, I have taken great pleasure in recounting the stirring events of the days of '49 and '50. With this explanation I submit this, my humble volume, to the indulgent consideration of the reading public.
THE AUTHOR.

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