- The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman Unabridged Audio Book
- Written by Francisco Goldman
- Narrated by Robert Ramirez
- Unabridged Audio Book on Cassette
- 11 Cassettes /#95594/ 15.75 hours
- ISBN-10: 0788725211
- Genre: Fiction, Multicultural
Award-winning journalist and author Francisco Goldman based this work on an intriguing account he found in the New York Daily News. After much research and time spent at sea, he crafted a novel that is unlike any other sailor’s tale you have ever encountered. Esteban is 19 and unemployed. Although he is a veteran of the war in Nicaragua, his future looks bleak. So when he is offered a job as ordinary seaman on the freighter Urus, Esteban eagerly leaves South America to meet the ship. But the Urus is a rust bucket, without electricity and plumbing, moored at a deserted Brooklyn pier. Esteban soon finds that he is a virtual prisoner of the squalid vessel. Ignored by the owners, unable to speak English, besieged by thugs who roam the docks, Esteban and the 14 other emigrant crewmen struggle to survive. Only Esteban is courageous enough to break the bonds of the boat and search for a new life. The Ordinary Seaman is a fable of hope and perseverance in the face of astonishing odds.
This audio book is in like new condition and has been listened to once. It has been checked in its entirety and all cassettes are correct and present. This is a library edition; it is packaged in a sturdy binder for repeated use… (not a library copy- this is from my own personal collection)
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