Excerpt from L. W. L Life: December, 1920 Under the guidance of Captain Stolz and First Mate Charlie Knipe, we covered the first lap of our four year trip. My, how many hardships we inexperienced sailors did meet with. Going thru the Straits of Algebra many of our members took sick and twelve died. Continuing on our voyage, we reached the Freshman Reception Isles and, being very shy of the natives of '18, we did not enjoy ourselves as we should have. Reaching the small port of August, Captain Stolz and First Mate Knipe were relieved of duty. Captain Cahill succeeded to the important position of steering our ship thru the troubled waters. The good ship covered many miles of her course, keeping excellent pace with others of her kind. Going toward December, an awful storm befell us. For many days and nights the ship was tossed about by the angry ocean and then - a wreck on the English Isles. This cost us sixteen members of our crew. We then put in at the port December and rested at the Holidays. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.