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Autobiography of a Yankee Mariner: Christopher Prince and the American Revolution

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In 1803 Christopher Prince sat down to write his autobiography for the second generation of his family. Little did he realize tat four hundred years later this book would bee reprinted and sold to hundreds, if not thousands of people! The Autobiography of a Yankee Mariner edited by Michael Crawford is the first had account of a man that witnessed the famous events that marked the American Revolution. Prince served as a captain of a British prison ship that during the invasion of Canada, the years 1774-1776, he also changed sides and helped the patriots in the years 1776-1777.
The Prince documents were donated to the Naval Historical Center in 1943.
Prince's history is very interesting, perhaps it is because this really is the first time anyone has ever seen it.

This is a masterfully written book by Christopher Prince. 1n 1803 Captain Prince sat down to write his autobiography for the future generations of the Princes' family. He never intended to have it published. Prince was a sea captain that helped the British during the American Revolution. He truly had no choice in the matter after the ship that sailed on was captured by the King's Royal Navy. He was in the service of the King until he was released. After his freedom was obtained, he began to assist the Patriot cause. Do not let this give the wrong impression of Captain Prince, he knew where he stood on the issues, as I brought up before, he was held a prisoner and had no choice but to obey his captives. The book is very well written and highly interesting. What truly made this an interesting book is Prince frequent reliance on Christ. He relates his conversion to Christ at the end of the book. It took two hundred years to finally be published in book form. One other book on the subject of the American Revolution is Joseph Plumb Martin's book Private Yankee Doodle. This book may be even more enjoyable than Prince's book.