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
31 chapters · 7 h 47 min · English
Read by PhyllisV
Biography & Autobiography
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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)
Chapters
1 Introductory 3 min 2 His Early History 9 min 3 His First Trip from Home 9 min 4 Another Trip to Connecticut 12 min 5 A Cruise to Labrador 10 min 6 Second Voyage to the Straits 11 min 7 Shipwreck of the Elinor 7 min 8 A Fishery of Olden Times Described 17 min 9 Fishing Voyage and Bad Rum 9 min 10 A Cruise of the Coasting Sloop Eastern Trader 8 min 11 Uncle Jethro Forms the Acquaintance of his Future Bride 5 min 12 Capture of the Whaler Mary Ann, by an English Man-of-War 6 min 13 Almost a Hero 8 min 14 First Voyage in a Square Rigger 4 min 15 A Tyrant in Command 40 min 16 On the Home Stretch 23 min 17 A Trip to New Haven 11 min 18 Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part I 39 min 19 Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part II 43 min 20 Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part III 40 min 21 Chapter 19 Uncle Jethro goes Coasting Part I 29 min 22 Uncle Jethro Next Goes Coasting Part II 22 min 23 A Snake in the Grass 11 min 24 Uncle Jethro in Command of the Fair Lady 4 min 25 A Wrecking Expedition to the Devil's Bridge 6 min 26 A West Indiaman on the South Beach 7 min 27 Uncle Jethro Makes a Harbor at Port Sanders and Forms the Acquaintance of a Wandering Tribe 10 min 28 A Cruise to the Sunny South 35 min 29 A Voyage to Labrador in Sloop Hero 17 min 30 One of the Voyages of Forty Years Ago 11 min 31 The Conclusion 2 min
