Travel, War, and ShipwreckAlso published in the "Boy's Own Favourite Series", this is a nineteenth-century adventure story for boys, based on the author's own experiences as a world traveller. It includes gripping scenes such as an account of crossing the Santa Fe Trail and fights with "Red Skins" in America. The first-person narrative purports to be by the son of a naval lieutenant. |
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Page 257
... Balaklava , was a happy one , for I had an official document in my pocket nominating me to a temporary appointment in the Commissariat till the Home authorities should have me gazetted . Next day I was attached for duty to the Light ...
... Balaklava , was a happy one , for I had an official document in my pocket nominating me to a temporary appointment in the Commissariat till the Home authorities should have me gazetted . Next day I was attached for duty to the Light ...
Page 262
... Balaklava , I was the proper person to go for it , and the delay in finding me had almost made the possibility of procuring it that day impossible . In fact I had no right to have left camp without permission . But my chief , although ...
... Balaklava , I was the proper person to go for it , and the delay in finding me had almost made the possibility of procuring it that day impossible . In fact I had no right to have left camp without permission . But my chief , although ...
Page 271
... Balaklava , to forage for both the luxuries and necessaries of life . Everybody appeared to have plenty of money , and to spend it as freely as if he possessed somewhere an unlimited credit . We had just arrived at the joyous time I ...
... Balaklava , to forage for both the luxuries and necessaries of life . Everybody appeared to have plenty of money , and to spend it as freely as if he possessed somewhere an unlimited credit . We had just arrived at the joyous time I ...
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