The Log Of A Sea-Waif: Being Recollections Of The First Four Years Of My Sea Li…
Frank Thomas Bullen
Read by David Wales
The brilliant author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot" and "Idylls of the Sea" presents in this new work (1899) the continuous story of the actual experiences of his first four years at sea. In graphic and picturesque phrases he has sketched the events of voyages to the West Indies, to Bombay and the Coromandel coast, to Melbourne and Rangoon. Nothing could be of more absorbing interest than this wonderfully vivid account of foks'l humanity and the adventures and strange sights and experiences attendant upon deep-sea voyages. It is easy to see in this book an English companion to our own "Two Years before the Mast." (Publisher's Advertisement) [Bullen (1857 - 1915)] led a roving and adventurous life from quite an early age, and many of the most thrilling episodes in his books were records of his own experiences. After various adventures on shore he went to sea in 1869, and for some years roughed it in various capacities in the merchant service, suffering great hardships, as vividly described in The Log of a Sea Waif and other books. (Royal Geographic Society Obituary, 1915) - Summary by David Wales (10 hr 39 min)
Chapters
Preface | 4:02 | Read by David Wales |
My First Ship | 19:19 | Read by David Wales |
Outward-Bound | 23:30 | Read by David Wales |
Arrival At Demerara | 21:35 | Read by David Wales |
The Mutiny And After | 22:16 | Read by David Wales |
The Land Of Liberty | 26:14 | Read by David Wales |
To Havana And After | 28:44 | Read by David Wales |
Off To Sea Again | 34:17 | Read by David Wales |
Struggles In Liverpool And London | 11:20 | Read by David Wales |
Bound For Jamaica | 27:36 | Read by David Wales |
Adventures Of A Shipwrecked Crew | 24:23 | Read by David Wales |
An Eventful Passage Home | 28:10 | Read by David Wales |
Adrift In Liverpool Once More | 23:33 | Read by David Wales |
The Dawn Of Better Days | 20:40 | Read by David Wales |
Due South | 19:10 | Read by David Wales |
Eight Weeks' Calm | 18:59 | Read by David Wales |
Up The Indian Ocean To Bombay | 25:32 | Read by David Wales |
On The Coromandel Coast | 11:48 | Read by David Wales |
Homeward To London | 20:51 | Read by David Wales |
A Change Of Nationality | 18:19 | Read by David Wales |
The Passage To Melbourne | 23:05 | Read by David Wales |
I Become A Colonial Coaster | 23:35 | Read by David Wales |
Prosperity Palls Upon Me | 22:44 | Read by David Wales |
Another Queer Ship | 19:16 | Read by David Wales |
Deep-Water Amenities | 21:22 | Read by David Wales |
Proceedings At Rangoon | 24:43 | Read by David Wales |
Homeward-Bound In Difficulties | 17:31 | Read by David Wales |
Deep-Water Coasting | 25:32 | Read by David Wales |
Which Brings Us To Port At Last | 21:32 | Read by David Wales |
Conclusion | 9:26 | Read by David Wales |
Reviews
could not get into the story due to monotonous tone reader
MD