Episodi

  • Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom-Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley

    Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom-Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley
    Aug 30 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    6 ore e 51 min
  • Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War-Ambrose Bierce

    Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War-Ambrose Bierce
    Aug 29 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    1 ora e 40 min
  • Prisoner of Morro-Upton Sinclair

    Prisoner of Morro-Upton Sinclair
    Aug 28 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    5 ore e 30 min
  • Station Life in New Zealand-Mary Anne Barker

    Station Life in New Zealand-Mary Anne Barker
    Aug 27 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    6 ore e 2 min
  • Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort-Edith Wharton

    Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort-Edith Wharton
    Aug 26 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    3 ore e 20 min
  • H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor-W. S. Gilbert

    H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor-W. S. Gilbert
    Aug 25 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads

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    1 ora e 3 min
  • Great Captains Unveiled-B. H. Liddell Hart

    Great Captains Unveiled-B. H. Liddell Hart
    Aug 24 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads
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    7 ore e 1 min
  • Rough Riders-Theodore Roosevelt

    Rough Riders-Theodore Roosevelt
    Aug 23 2026
    In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard the American ship USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line. He crossed the Equator six times while visiting many countries of south-east Asia and South America while on a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an attempt to open the latter to American trade. He offers up an entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. - Summary by Barry Eads

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    6 ore e 32 min