Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale

By: Cooper, James Fenimore

I was born in a valley not very remote from the sea. My father had been a sailor inyouth, and some of my earliest recollections are connected with the history of hisadventures, and the recollections they excited. He had been a boy in the war of therevolution, and had seen some service in the shipping of that period. Among otherscenes he witnessed, he had been on board the Trumbull, in her action with theWatt-the hardest-fought naval combat of that war-and he particularly delightedin relating its incidents. He had been wounded in the battle, and bore the marks ofthe injury, in a scar that slightly disfigured a face, that, without this blemish, wouldhave been singularly handsome. My mother, after my poor father's death, alwaysspoke of even this scar as a beauty spot. Agreeably to my own recollections, themark scarcely deserved that commendation, as it gave one side of the face a grimand fierce appearance, particularly when its owner was displeased.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08YL7FY74
• ISBN13: 9798718641790
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"