Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815
Thomas Wallace Knox
Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
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 (7 hr 50 min)
Chapitres
| Who and What I am | 23:34 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Walking to Boston | 22:18 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Departure from Boston | 20:02 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Overhauled by a British War-Ship | 24:16 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| The Flying Dutchman and His History | 21:22 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| In Danger from a Waterspout | 20:51 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| The Ghosts and How They were laid | 19:47 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| A Congreve Rocket among Algerine Pirates | 23:33 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Trouble between the United States and Algiers | 24:34 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Escorted Beyond Danger | 22:57 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| How the Evelyn was lost | 23:10 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| A Voyage to China | 24:46 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| David and I Visit Our Old Home | 23:19 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| The Chesapeake and the Shannon | 22:30 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Fitting for Sea | 23:18 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| A Conspiracy, and How It was defeated | 20:51 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Safe Return to New York | 21:37 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Destruction of the Guerrière by the Constitution | 21:44 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Escaping from a British Fleet | 19:58 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Prison Life at Dartmoor | 20:42 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Released on Parole | 14:54 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
| Epilogue | 10:45 | Lu par Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) |
Critiques
well told tale. Being English l don't know who's side I 'm on!!
John Cobb