Embarcadero 1849-1906 (True Sea Adventures From the Port of San Francisco)

SHANGHAIING ~SHIPWRECK AND SURVIVAL ~ HAZARDOUS VOYAGES ~ EXTRAORDINARY CAREERS - Thirteen true tales of sea adventures that have become legendary.THE LAST OF THE GREAT PIRATES. Captain Bully Hayes, who had a habit of running off with other men's ships - and sometimes their women.THE LONELY ODYSSEY OF BERNARD GILROY, who shunned publicity and companionship in his daring trip from San Francisco to Australia in an 18-foot open craft without touching land enroute, and lived to tell the tale.THE CASE OF BULLY WATERMAN, the real-life model for Captain Roger Murray of the 'Sea Witch', who was the last man tried by the Vigilance Committee of 1851. and many others...