Project Gutenberg 2005-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 200 Hobart-Hampden, Augustus Charles 1822 1886 Hobart Pasha Roberts, Captain Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Produced by Steven Gibbs, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Sketches From My Life" by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden is an autobiography written in the late 19th century. It details the author's adventurous career as a naval officer, sharing personal anecdotes and accounts from his time in the British Navy, particularly regarding his involvement in the suppression of the slave trade and various campaigns. The narrative highlights Hobart-Hampden’s experiences, including challenges, battles, personal encounters, and reflections on the tyranny present in naval discipline during his time. At the start of the autobiography, the author reflects on his early life and the events that led him to join the Royal Navy at a young age. He recounts his difficult initial experiences aboard H.M.S. as a young cadet, including harsh punishments and the tyrannical treatment of subordinate officers and crew members. Hobart-Hampden's vivid descriptions capture the brutality of naval life in the 19th century, laying the groundwork for his later reflections on authority, justice, and personal growth as he navigates through various military engagements, personal trials, and societal changes throughout his career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Adventure and adventurers United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades D Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Warfare 387877 2025-07-07T06:21:51.174876 text/html 390163 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/html 257059 2025-07-07T06:21:58.481800 application/epub+zip 261923 2025-07-07T06:21:54.238835 application/epub+zip 210198 2025-07-07T06:21:52.881859 application/epub+zip 431220 2025-07-07T06:22:01.827789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412173 2025-07-07T06:21:57.740799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370610 2022-09-08T04:35:05.602489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367201 2025-07-07T06:21:50.691827 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367104 2020-12-12T05:06:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367098 2020-12-12T05:06:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367095 2020-12-12T05:06:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23525 2025-07-07T06:22:01.968774 application/rdf+xml 13690 2025-07-07T06:21:53.391822 image/jpeg 3416 2025-07-07T06:21:53.129835 image/jpeg 139642 2020-12-12T05:06:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 139606 2020-12-12T05:06:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 179000 2020-12-12T05:06:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 139538 2020-12-12T05:06:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 265712 2025-07-07T06:21:51.208826 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia