In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker, credited to William P. Chipman, 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 In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker by William P. Chipman. Read in English by Barry Eads. The incidents of this book are taken largely from the log-book of Captain Tucker, and are intended to picture the stirring times in which he lived, and the thrilling adventures in which he engaged. Midshipman Arthur Dunn, one of Captain Tucker’s officers, is the narrator, and his story covers the five years during which his commander played no small part in naval affairs. It is hoped the narrative will arouse in the heart of every reader an admiration for the brave Captain, and rescue from oblivion the name of another of our Continental heroes—the man who did so much to keep the land forces of our Revolutionary struggle supplied with ammunition and stores at the expense of the enemy. - Summary by William P. Chipman

Recording facts

• Recording title: In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker
• Author credits: William P. Chipman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 5:29:37

Catalogue topics

• revolutionary war
• seaman
• sailors
• man-of-war
• samuel tucker
• continental navy

Track guide

1. 00 - Author’s Note — 2:30
2. 01 - Chapter 1: I Go In Search of Captain Tucker — 12:46
3. 02 - Chapter 2: In Which I Defy the Captain — 14:38
4. 03 - Chapter 3: Left on the Brig — 12:11
5. 04 - Chapter 4: A Dastardly Trick — 14:12
6. 05 - Chapter 5: An Unfortunate Remark — 15:39
7. 06 - Chapter 6: In Which I Have My First Taste of a British Prison — 13:59
8. 07 - Chapter 7: I Meet a New Friend — 13:06
9. 08 - Chapter 8: Our First Prize — 13:45
10. 09 - Chapter 9: An Astonishing Offer — 17:26
11. 10 - Chapter 10: We Capture a Frigate — 17:55
12. 11 - Chapter 11: A Distinguished Passenger on Board — 13:48
13. 12 - Chapter 12: To Halifax Prison — 13:19
14. 13 - Chapter 13: On Board a British Frigate — 13:55
15. 14 - Chapter 14: I Rejoin the Boston — 13:53
16. 15 - Chapter 15: In Which We Capture the Pole — 13:19
17. 16 - Chapter 16: To the Defense of Charleston — 12:53
18. 17 - Chapter 17: Taken Into the British Camp — 13:47
19. 18 - Chapter 18: The Beacon House Light Expedition — 15:50
20. 19 - Chapter 19: We Board a Cartel Ship — 14:59
21. 20 - Chapter 20: Charleston is Taken — 13:02
22. 21 - Chapter 21: The Cruise of the Nine — 13:17
23. 22 - Chapter 22: Captured by the Hind — 17:08
24. 23 - Chapter 23: The Escape — 12:20

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