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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

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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Number of Chapters: 31

Length: 07 hours and 47 minutes

Language: English

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