Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat, or, The Thrilling Adventures of Uncle Jethro: Embracing the Remarkable Episodes in a Life of Toil and Danger, on Land and Sea

E. C. Cornell
Язык: English
Жанр(ы): Биография и автобиографияНон-фикшн

Experiences of Jethro Ripley, mainly in the Atlantic coast trade, but including an account of a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. The narrative is in the first person and is a vivid account of the seafaring life in the 1800's. Published in 1873. (Summary by PhyllisV)

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  • 1. Introductory
  • 2. His Early History
  • 3. His First Trip from Home
  • 4. Another Trip to Connecticut
  • 5. A Cruise to Labrador
  • 6. Second Voyage to the Straits
  • 7. Shipwreck of the Elinor
  • 8. A Fishery of Olden Times Described
  • 9. Fishing Voyage and Bad Rum
  • 10. A Cruise of the Coasting Sloop Eastern Trader
  • 11. Uncle Jethro Forms the Acquaintance of his Future Bride
  • 12. Capture of the Whaler Mary Ann, by an English Man-of-War
  • 13. Almost a Hero
  • 14. First Voyage in a Square Rigger
  • 15. A Tyrant in Command
  • 16. On the Home Stretch
  • 17. A Trip to New Haven
  • 18. Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part I
  • 19. Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part II
  • 20. Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part III
  • 21. Chapter 19 Uncle Jethro goes Coasting Part I
  • 22. Uncle Jethro Next Goes Coasting Part II
  • 23. A Snake in the Grass
  • 24. Uncle Jethro in Command of the Fair Lady
  • 25. A Wrecking Expedition to the Devil's Bridge
  • 26. A West Indiaman on the South Beach
  • 27. Uncle Jethro Makes a Harbor at Port Sanders and Forms the Acquaintance of a Wandering Tribe
  • 28. A Cruise to the Sunny South
  • 29. A Voyage to Labrador in Sloop Hero
  • 30. One of the Voyages of Forty Years Ago
  • 31. The Conclusion

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