Many will become imbued with the spirit of adventure: these, for the most part, become mere rovers, without home, or any settled object in view. They are cosmopolitan; their home is the world. S.W. Cushing was one of those citizens of the world. More educated than many young men who took to the sea, Cushing was able to return home in one piece and write about his incredibly adventurous life abroad. On land and sea he risked life and limb and writes at times with hilarious hindsight and aplomb about the world that was opened before his eyes. War, imprisonment, exotic locales and exotic women all play a part in this incredible true tale.