Wake of the Perdido star / Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan.
Material type: SoundSeries: Brilliance Audio on compact discPublication details: Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, ℗2008.Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 9 audio discs (approximately 660 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- spoken word
- audio
- audio disc
- 9781469205687
- 1469205688
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Audiobook | Main Library | Audiobook | FICTION HACKMAN, GENE | Available | 33111009921418 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Jack O' Reilly is a 17-year-old New Englander who in 1805, sails with his parents on the Perdido Star to Cuba, his mother's birthplace, to claim the land she inherited. For Jack, the trip that began with high hopes and the excitement of a new life, becomes a descent into violence and revenge. His parents murdered, their land confiscated, his own life nearly taken, Jack is forced to rejoin the Star as a member of the crew, sailing through the world's most treacherous waters under a drink-crazed captain. His soul seared and his heart calloused, his obsession to get back to the killer of his parents dominates his life. The boy Jackson O'Reilly becomes the pirate 'Black Jack,' the relentless scourge of any who stand in his path to retribution, until a daring recue of two of his mates teaches him that there are other emotions then anger, other feelings then hatred and mistrust.
Read by James Daniels.
Compact discs.
Duration: 11:00:00.
Jack O' Reilly is a 17-year-old New Englander who in 1805, sails with his parents on the Perdido Star to Cuba, his mother's birthplace, to claim the land she inherited. For Jack, the trip that began with high hopes and the excitement of a new life, becomes a descent into violence and revenge. His parents murdered, their land confiscated, his own life nearly taken, Jack is forced to rejoin the Star as a member of the crew, sailing through the world's most treacherous waters under a drink-crazed captain. His soul seared and his heart calloused, his obsession to get back to the killer of his parents dominates his life. The boy Jackson O'Reilly becomes the pirate 'Black Jack, ' the relentless scourge of any who stand in his path to retribution, until a daring rescue of two of his mates teaches him that there are other emotions then anger, other feelings then hatred and mistrust.