Re: SD to LA in 1828

Scott F (sfoshee@yahoo.com)
Mon, 3 May 1999 07:29:24 -0700 (PDT)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I loved Two Years Before the Mast. The tough day to
day life of the sailors of that time was of particular
interest. I hope to post a review of it sometime
soon.

- Scott
Charleston
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/fosheefamilyhome/books.html

--- GSTahoe@aol.com wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> In a message dated 5/2/99 12:42:20 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time, uffda@sonic.net
> writes:
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> << I bet Henry D. would have loved to have been on a
> ship that could point as
> high as a Capri. >>
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> How many cow hides do you think they could stash in
> the hold of a Capri?
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> (For those that have no idea what I'm talking about,
> Richard Henry Dana's,
> "Two Years Before the Mast" is a Harvard classic and
> a definite "must read"
> for anyone interested in the history of sailing, the
> West coast or just plain
> good literature.)
>
> Geoff
> P-15 Lollipop
> No. Lake Tahoe, NV
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>

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