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