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

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography

Authors: E. C. Cornell In Year : 1873

Book Language: English

Audiobook: 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

Introductory
His Early History
His First Trip from Home
Another Trip to Connecticut
A Cruise to Labrador
Second Voyage to the Straits
Shipwreck of the Elinor
A Fishery of Olden Times Described
Fishing Voyage and Bad Rum
A Cruise of the Coasting Sloop Eastern Trader
Uncle Jethro Forms the Acquaintance of his Future Bride
Capture of the Whaler Mary Ann, by an English Man-of-War
Almost a Hero
First Voyage in a Square Rigger
A Tyrant in Command
On the Home Stretch
A Trip to New Haven
Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part I
Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part II
Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part III
Chapter 19 Uncle Jethro goes Coasting Part I
Uncle Jethro Next Goes Coasting Part II
A Snake in the Grass
Uncle Jethro in Command of the Fair Lady
A Wrecking Expedition to the Devil's Bridge
A West Indiaman on the South Beach
Uncle Jethro Makes a Harbor at Port Sanders and Forms the Acquaintance of a Wandering Tribe
A Cruise to the Sunny South
A Voyage to Labrador in Sloop Hero
One of the Voyages of Forty Years Ago
The Conclusion

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)