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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... Crew . A Nautical Novel . By HARRY COLLINGWOOD . We " We own that we were fascinated ourselves by the story of the cruise . can add conscientiously that we have really enjoyed the book . " — Saturday Review . Cloth , illustrated , price ...
... Crew . A Nautical Novel . By HARRY COLLINGWOOD . We " We own that we were fascinated ourselves by the story of the cruise . can add conscientiously that we have really enjoyed the book . " — Saturday Review . Cloth , illustrated , price ...
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... Crew . A Nautical Novel . By HARRY COLLINGWOOD . We " We own that we were fascinated ourselves by the story of the cruise . can add conscientiously that we have really enjoyed the book . " — Saturday Review . Cloth , illustrated , price ...
... Crew . A Nautical Novel . By HARRY COLLINGWOOD . We " We own that we were fascinated ourselves by the story of the cruise . can add conscientiously that we have really enjoyed the book . " — Saturday Review . Cloth , illustrated , price ...
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... crew to keep their ears open , and not to speak a word above a whisper . There was little need of this , for there was not a man among them who didn't know that we were likely to have work on hand soon . Those were the days to be at sea ...
... crew to keep their ears open , and not to speak a word above a whisper . There was little need of this , for there was not a man among them who didn't know that we were likely to have work on hand soon . Those were the days to be at sea ...
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... crew have an opportunity of cooking breakfast , and of enabling me to survey the coast from the nearest high ground . Beyond a point six miles off I made out with my glass the spars of a craft exactly such as we were after ; and ...
... crew have an opportunity of cooking breakfast , and of enabling me to survey the coast from the nearest high ground . Beyond a point six miles off I made out with my glass the spars of a craft exactly such as we were after ; and ...
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... crew looked to their arms , pre- pared for action . " " So I did ; good ! " I - who , as the reader will find , was privileged by my position to be often a silent par- taker in these interviews - always regarded this question as a test ...
... crew looked to their arms , pre- pared for action . " " So I did ; good ! " I - who , as the reader will find , was privileged by my position to be often a silent par- taker in these interviews - always regarded this question as a test ...
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