Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale

Sleeper, John Sherburne, 1794-1878

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Sleeper, John Sherburne, 1794-1878 · 38 chapters

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• Chapter I. FAREWELL TO NEW ENGLANDSample
• Chapter II. INCIDENTS AT SEA
• Chapter III. MANNING THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND
• Chapter IV. LAND, HO!
• Chapter V. DEMARARA
• Chapter VI. SCENES IN CHARLESTON
• Chapter VII. DELIBERATE ROGUERY
• Chapter VIII. THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
• Chapter IX. ARRIVAL AT SAVANNAH
• Chapter X. "HOME! SWEET HOME!"
• Chapter XI. EMBARKING FOR BRAZIL
• Chapter XII. MARANHAM AND PARA
• Chapter XIII. SHIP PACKET OF BOSTON
• Chapter XIV. DISAPPOINTED HOPES
• Chapter XV. SCENES IN A HOSPITAL
• Chapter XVI. UNITED STATES CONSULS
• Chapter XVII. ADRIFT IN NEW YORK
• Chapter XVIII. SCHOONER MARY OF NEWBERN
• Chapter XIX. A TRIP TO BALTIMORE
• Chapter XX. DECLARATION OF WAR
• Chapter XXI. ON BOARD THE YOUNG PILOT
• Chapter XXII. CAPTURED BY A PRIVATEER
• Chapter XXIII. PORTO CABELLO
• Chapter XXIV. HARD TIMES IN ST. BARTHOLOMEW
• Chapter XXV. TREACHERY AND INGRATITUDE
• Chapter XXVI. COASTING AMONG THE ISLANDS
• Chapter XXVII. CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS
• Chapter XXVIII. SCENES IN GRENADA
• Chapter XXIX. INSURRECTION IN GRENADA
• Chapter XXX. WEST INDIA LIFE
• Chapter XXXI. SORROWFUL SCENES
• Chapter XXXII. NEW ORLEANS IN 1817
• Chapter XXXIII. A VOYAGE TO HAVRE
• Chapter XXXIV. THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG
• Chapter XXXV. VOYAGE TO GOTTENBURG
• Chapter XXXVI. SANITARY LAWS—MUTINY AND MURDER
• Chapter XXXVII. RETURN OF THE WANDERER
• Chapter XXXVIII. THE SEA, AND SAILORS