Classic Sea Story from the Age of Sail Showcased on YouTube Video and Narrated on the Sea Stories and Science Fiction Podcast
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| Ocean Adventures by John Sherburne Sleeper |
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| Ocean Adventures was published in Boston in the 1800s |
In this story, Pirates of the Old Bahama Channel, the crew of the brig Horse Mackerel desperately load cannons and distribute pikes as a pirate ship chases them down. Will they be boarded and murdered, or will they get away? Watch the YouTube promo video and listen to the podcast episode right here.
Pirates of the Olde Bahama Channel Podcast Episode Promo Video on YouTube
This story is from Ocean Adventures, published in the 1860s in Boston by John S. Sleeper. Mr. Sleeper was a sailor who took up journalism and wrote many salty stories about life at sea during the age of sail. His stories appeared occasionally in the Boston Newspaper and were collected in several anthologies. You can listen to all 33 of the stories from his book Ocean Adventures on season one of the Sea Stories and Science Fiction Podcast.
Pirates of the Olde Bahama Channel Podcast Episode on Anchor FM
Each of the stories in Ocean Adventures includes and original drawing done by Kilburn & Mallory.
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| This is the original picture drawn by Kilburn & Mallory for Ned Gasket's Story, The Pirate in the Old Bahama Channel. It appeared on page 303 in the book Ocean Adventures. |
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| Ocean Adventures front page: Wonderful Adventures on the Ocean Being True Descriptions of Battles, Tempests, Shipwrecks, and Perilous Encounters Also Lively Yarns and Curious Stories Spun in the Forecastle Over Hard Tack and Salt Junk, on in the Dog Watch By Captain Hawser Martingale Author of "The Tale of the Ocean" etc. Boston: Locke and Bubier. |
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