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Paul Eve Stevenson
1868–1910
Sea voyages, storms, and far-off ports fill these lively travel narratives from an American writer who turned real journeys under sail into vivid adventure. His books offer a firsthand look at life aboard deep-water ships at the end of the nineteenth century.
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By way of Cape Horn : four months in a Yankee clipper
by Paul Eve Stevenson
About the author
Born in 1868, Paul Eve Stevenson was an American author best remembered for maritime travel writing. Library and public-domain records connect him with books including A Deep-Water Voyage (1897), By Way of Cape Horn: Four Months in a Yankee Clipper (1898/1899), and The Race for the Emperor's Cup.
His writing drew on direct experience at sea. By Way of Cape Horn was illustrated from photographs taken by Stevenson himself, and records for that voyage note that he and his wife sailed from New York to San Francisco in 1897. That firsthand perspective helps give his work its plainspoken detail and sense of motion.
Stevenson died in 1910. Though not widely known today, his books remain appealing for readers who enjoy true-life adventure, sailing history, and travel writing from the age of tall ships.