Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat, or The Thrilling Adventures of Uncle Jethro

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.

By : E. C. Cornell

01 - Introductory 02 - His Early History 03 - His First Trip from Home 04 - Another Trip to Connecticut 05 - A Cruise to Labrador 06 - Second Voyage to the Straits 07 - Shipwreck of the Elinor 08 - A Fishery of Olden Times Described 09 - 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