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Title: A Voice from the Main Deck: Being a Record of the Thirty Years' Adventures of Samuel Leech (Classics of Naval Literature Series) by Samuel Leech, Michael J. Crawford ISBN: 1-55750-192-0 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: more of cranky rant than a memoir
Comment: This short book is mostly composed of self righteous lectures about how to improve the world or one's own life. There is very little detail or anecdote. I believe only a die hard fan of the sailing era could derive any value from this.

Rating: 5
Summary: A Voice from the Main Deck
Comment: Anyone who enjoys Patrick O'Brian's novels, the Hornblower series, or the like, will be fascinated by this true-life autobiography that reads like a novel. Leech joined the Royal Navy at age 12, and was in the crew of the Macedonian when she was captured by the frigate United States during the War of 1812; his account of that battle is worth the price of the book all by itself. This book was a best-seller a century and a half ago and ought to be one again today. The fine intros add that much more, and the Naval Institute's "Classics" format makes a solid, handsome volume. (Disclaimer: I edited one of the early volumes in the series myself-- but this is an unsolicited testimonial; the book is a good read.)

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