Name: The Adventures of Captain Horn
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Author: Editors, Jv ; Stockton, Frank R.
ISBN: 9781979046404

Type

Physical Book

Author

Frank R. Stockton

Illustrated by

Jv Editors

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

380

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.4x17x2 cm

Weight

0.60 kg.

ISBN13

9781979046404

Synopsis "The Adventures of Captain Horn"

This was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. It begins: "Early in the spring of the year 1884, the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. ... "The Castor was an American merchant-vessel, commanded by Captain Philip Horn, an experienced navigator of about thirty-five years of age. Besides a valuable cargo, she carried three passengers-two ladies and a boy. ..."But when the storm had passed, and the sky was clear, and the mad waves had subsided into a rolling swell, there seemed no reason to believe that any one on board the Castor would ever reach Valparaiso. The vessel had been badly strained by the wrenching of the masts, her sides had been battered by the floating wreckage, and she was taking in water rapidly. Fortunately, no one had been injured by the storm, ...."

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