A Narrative of Joshua Davis: an American Citizen Who Was Pressed and Served on Board Six Ships of the British Navy: He Was in Seven Engagements, on

Publisher Marketing: Title: A narrative of Joshua Davis: an American citizen who was pressed and served on board six ships of the British Navy: he was in seven engagements, once wounded, five times confined in irons, and obtained his liberty by desertion: the whole being an interesting and faithful narrative of the discipline, various practices and treatment of pressed seamen in the British Navy and containing information that never was before presented to the American people. Author: Joshua DavisPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04375800CollectionID: CTRG03-B500PublicationDate: 18110101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 72 p.; 19 cm Contributor Bio:  Davis, Joshua Joshua Davis is a contributing editor at Wired, co-founder of EPIC magazine, and has written for The New Yorker, GQ, Outside, Men's Journal, Men's Health, Maxim, and Food & Wine. His writing was anthologized in the 2012 edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing, as well as the 2006, 2007, and 2009 editions of The Best Technology Writing. In 2002, Josh completed The Beast Within, a documentary film about his attempt to become the lightweight armwrestling champion of the world. The film won Best Documentary at the 2003 Telluride Mountain Film Festival. In April of 2003, Josh snuck into Iraq to cover the war for Wired, and later that year became a contributing editor for the magazine. In 2005, he published his first book, The Underdog, a recounting of his armwrestling, bullfighting, sumo, sauna, and backward running adventures. La Vida Robot is his second book. Web: joshuadavis.netTwitter: @JoshuaDavisNowFacebook: JoshuaDavisNowTumblr: joshuadavisnow.tumblr.com