Project Gutenberg 2005-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 64 Hobart-Hampden, Augustus Charles 1822 1886 Hobart Pasha Roberts, Captain Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Produced by Steven Gibbs, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Sketches From My Life" by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden is an autobiography written in the late 19th century. It details the author's adventurous career as a naval officer, sharing personal anecdotes and accounts from his time in the British Navy, particularly regarding his involvement in the suppression of the slave trade and various campaigns. The narrative highlights Hobart-Hampden’s experiences, including challenges, battles, personal encounters, and reflections on the tyranny present in naval discipline during his time. At the start of the autobiography, the author reflects on his early life and the events that led him to join the Royal Navy at a young age. He recounts his difficult initial experiences aboard H.M.S. as a young cadet, including harsh punishments and the tyrannical treatment of subordinate officers and crew members. Hobart-Hampden's vivid descriptions capture the brutality of naval life in the 19th century, laying the groundwork for his later reflections on authority, justice, and personal growth as he navigates through various military engagements, personal trials, and societal changes throughout his career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades D Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 387741 387750 2024-09-07T08:55:06.342758 2023-09-07T10:25:10.012928 text/html text/html 390163 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 179000 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233643 2024-09-07T08:55:12.573745 application/epub+zip 238760 2024-09-07T08:55:07.928779 application/epub+zip 209973 2024-09-07T08:55:06.988746 application/epub+zip 404834 2024-09-07T08:55:16.154814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385791 2024-09-07T08:55:11.873737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370610 2022-09-08T04:35:05.602489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367222 2024-09-07T08:55:05.803345 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367104 2020-12-12T05:06:11 text/plain; charset=utf-8 139642 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 367098 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139606 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367095 2020-12-12T05:06:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139538 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21917 2024-09-07T08:55:16.311722 application/rdf+xml 13728 2024-09-07T08:55:07.343759 image/jpeg 3418 2024-09-07T08:55:07.164766 image/jpeg 244205 2024-09-07T08:55:06.385780 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia