Shanghaied out of Frisco in the Nineties by Hiram P Bailey – part 7

[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The dramatic final chapters of Shanghaied in which the hated crimpers come aboard, sing and play melodeons and finally our hero makes his escape. ‘And thus they volleyed up cunningly, persuasively to our men. The spiders and the flies. ‘Yes apparently Molly Fortune ashore waited feverishly to kiss their dry and salt-cracked lips. … Continue reading Shanghaied out of Frisco in the Nineties by Hiram P Bailey – part 7 →