Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815, credited to Thomas Wallace Knox, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815 by Thomas Wallace Knox. Read in English by Tom Hirsch John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full of adventure. Living but miles from the sea west of Boston, right on the cusp of manhood at the end of America’s Revolutionary war, the ocean’s siren song beckoned to both. At the peak of adolescence, they struck out on foot in pursuit of their shared dream. Two days to Boston and only one day there found them aboard ship for a whirlwind of adventure beyond their wildest dreams. The next fifteen years shaped a future for the fledgling mariners that seems spun as a flaxen yarn --- were it not so historically accurate. - Summary by Tom Hirsch

Recording facts

• Recording title: Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815
• Author credits: Thomas Wallace Knox
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 7:50:48

Catalogue topics

• War of 1812
• sea captain
• warship
• 19th century seafaring
• post-revolutionary war at sea

Track guide

1. 01 - Who and What I am — 23:34
2. 02 - Walking to Boston — 22:18
3. 03 - Departure from Boston — 20:02
4. 04 - Overhauled by a British War-Ship — 24:16
5. 05 - The Flying Dutchman and His History — 21:22
6. 06 - In Danger from a Waterspout — 20:51
7. 07 - The Ghosts and How They were laid — 19:47
8. 08 - A Congreve Rocket among Algerine Pirates — 23:33
9. 09 - Trouble between the United States and Algiers — 24:34
10. 10 - Escorted Beyond Danger — 22:57
11. 11 - How the Evelyn was lost — 23:10
12. 12 - A Voyage to China — 24:46
13. 13 - David and I Visit Our Old Home — 23:19
14. 14 - The Chesapeake and the Shannon — 22:30
15. 15 - Fitting for Sea — 23:18
16. 16 - A Conspiracy, and How It was defeated — 20:51
17. 17 - Safe Return to New York — 21:37
18. 18 - Destruction of the Guerrière by the Constitution — 21:44
19. 19 - Escaping from a British Fleet — 19:58
20. 20 - Prison Life at Dartmoor — 20:42
21. 21 - Released on Parole — 14:54
22. 22 - Epilogue — 10:45

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