Ned Myers: Or, a Life Before the Mast

By: Cooper, James Fenimore

In consenting to lay before the world the experience of a common seaman, and, Imay add, of one who has been such a sinner as the calling is only too apt toproduce, I trust that no feeling of vanity has had an undue influence. I love the seas;and it is a pleasure to me to converse about them, and of the scenes I havewitnessed, and of the hardships I have undergone on their bosom, in various partsof the world. Meeting with an old shipmate who is disposed to put into proper formthe facts which I can give him, and believing that my narrative may be useful tosome of those who follow the same pursuit as that in which I have been so longengaged, I see no evil in the course I am now taking, while I humbly trust it may bethe means of effecting some little good. God grant that the pictures I shall feelbound to draw of my own past degradation and failings, contrasted as they must bewith my present contentment and hopes, may induce some one, at least, of myreaders to abandon the excesses so common among seamen, and to turn their eyesin the direction of those great truths which are so powerful to reform, and soconvincing when regarded with humility, and with a just understanding of our ownweaknesses.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08YHZV983
• ISBN13: 9798718641943
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"