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

Ngôn ngữ: English

Thể loại: Tiểu sử & Tự truyện Phi hư cấu

Người đọc: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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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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