The autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates embracing a long life on shipboard, with sketches of voyages on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and Mediterranean seas; also impressment and service on board British war ships, long confinement in Dartmoor prison, early experience in reformatory movements; travels in various parts of the world and a brief account of the great Advent movement of 1840-44 Press of the Seventh-day Adventist Pub. Association