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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

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)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introductory	PhyllisV	00:03:19
Play 02	His Early History	PhyllisV	00:08:36
Play 03	His First Trip from Home	PhyllisV	00:08:34
Play 04	Another Trip to Connecticut	PhyllisV	00:11:53
Play 05	A Cruise to Labrador	PhyllisV	00:10:04
Play 06	Second Voyage to the Straits	PhyllisV	00:10:33
Play 07	Shipwreck of the Elinor	PhyllisV	00:07:05
Play 08	A Fishery of Olden Times Described	PhyllisV	00:17:17
Play 09	Fishing Voyage and Bad Rum	PhyllisV	00:08:54
Play 10	A Cruise of the Coasting Sloop Eastern Trader	PhyllisV	00:08:13
Play 11	Uncle Jethro Forms the Acquaintance of his Future Bride	PhyllisV	00:05:28
Play 12	Capture of the Whaler Mary Ann, by an English Man-of-War	PhyllisV	00:05:35
Play 13	Almost a Hero	PhyllisV	00:07:44
Play 14	First Voyage in a Square Rigger	PhyllisV	00:04:12
Play 15	A Tyrant in Command	PhyllisV	00:40:19
Play 16	On the Home Stretch	PhyllisV	00:22:33
Play 17	A Trip to New Haven	PhyllisV	00:10:59
Play 18	Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part I	PhyllisV	00:39:02
Play 19	Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part II	PhyllisV	00:42:38
Play 20	Chapter 18 Whaling Voyage of the Ship Apollo Part III	PhyllisV	00:39:47
Play 21	Chapter 19 Uncle Jethro goes Coasting Part I	PhyllisV	00:29:18
Play 22	Uncle Jethro Next Goes Coasting Part II	PhyllisV	00:21:42
Play 23	A Snake in the Grass	PhyllisV	00:11:24
Play 24	Uncle Jethro in Command of the Fair Lady	PhyllisV	00:04:13
Play 25	A Wrecking Expedition to the Devil's Bridge	PhyllisV	00:05:41
Play 26	A West Indiaman on the South Beach	PhyllisV	00:07:04
Play 27	Uncle Jethro Makes a Harbor at Port Sanders and Forms the Acquaintance of a Wandering Tribe	PhyllisV	00:10:08
Play 28	A Cruise to the Sunny South	PhyllisV	00:34:44
Play 29	A Voyage to Labrador in Sloop Hero	PhyllisV	00:16:59
Play 30	One of the Voyages of Forty Years Ago	PhyllisV	00:11:20
Play 31	The Conclusion	PhyllisV	00:02:06

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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