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Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days
- Author
- John D. Whidden
- Narrator
- Tom Perkins
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 19 June 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This memoir, Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days, records a series of real events, from his childhood impressions of rough and ready seamen, to his thrilling and brutal experiences of war.
His travels saw him spanning the world, with stops at major ports such as Honolulu, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, and Liverpool.
His life spans the changes in the shipping industry over the nineteenth and into the twentieth century.
During the Civil War, Whidden was heavily involved in profitable island trading in the Bahamas to elude Confederate sailors. However, shortly after the close of the war, in 1870, Whidden left sailing as he found it being overtaken by foreign interests.
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Details
- Author
- John D. Whidden
- Narrator
- Tom Perkins
- Duration
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977376275
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Transport: general interest, Memoirs, Ships and boats: general interest, Shipbuilding technology, engineering and trades, History, Maritime history
Synopsis
Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. Serving as an apprentice, he quickly proved his worth, and earned himself a mate's position by his early twenties. Graduating to third, second, and first office, he ended his career in command of, and having part-ownership of his own vessel.This memoir, Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days, records a series of real events, from his childhood impressions of rough and ready seamen, to his thrilling and brutal experiences of war.His travels saw him spanning the world, with stops at major ports such as Honolulu, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, and Liverpool. His life spans the changes in the shipping industry over the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. During the Civil War, Whidden was heavily involved in profitable island trading in the Bahamas to elude Confederate sailors. However, shortly after the close of the war, in 1870, Whidden left sailing as he found it being overtaken by foreign interests.
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