Alex Anderson – Windjammer Yarns
Alex Anderson – Windjammer Yarns is over two hundred fifty pages documentary report of the life of a sailor employed on sailing ships and steamboats in the 1880s. This is one of the few unique books that help us understand the realities of a sailor’s life. Captain Alex Anderson’s book includes several shanties along with sheet music.
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Related to the Windjammer Yarns
Clifford Beckett – Shanties And Forebitters (1914)