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Two years before the mast

Label
Two years before the mast
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Two years before the mast
Oclc number
949725801
Runtime
98
Series statement
Universal vault series
Summary
"Like the rest of the world's landlubbers, Charles Stewart knew nothing of a sailer's life at sea. And, as the son of a very rich ship owner, he never should have. But, after being shanghaied into participating in sailing on one of his father's ships, the S.S. Pilgrim, he would soon discover for himself the ocean of brutality that was a sailor's lot in life during the 1840s. Sickened and ultimately swayed by a sea of daily floggings, beatings, and knifings, Charles must decide between silence and allegiance or mutiny against the ship's heartless Captain Thompson"--Container
Technique
live action
Classification
Mapped to