Cringle and Cross-Tree

About this eBook

Author

Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897

Title

Cringle and cross-tree : Or, the sea swashes of a sailor

Original Publication

New York: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1871, pubdate 1873.

Credits

hekula03, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71482

Release Date

August 24, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CRINGLE AND CROSS-TREE; — THE SEA SWASHES OF A SAILOR.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CRINGLE AND CROSS-TREE; — THE SEA SWASHES OF A SAILOR.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — IN WHICH PHIL TALKS OF GOING TO SEA, AND MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — IN WHICH PHIL STARTS FOR NEW YORK, AND IS STOPPED ON THE WAY.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — IN WHICH PHIL GOES EAST, AND MEETS CAPTAIN FARRADAY.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — IN WHICH PHIL VISITS THE BARK MICHIGAN, AND LOOKS AFTER HIS FINANCES.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — IN WHICH PHIL MORALIZES OVER HIS LOSS, AND HEARS FROM ST. LOUIS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — IN WHICH PHIL SIGNS THE SHIPPING PAPERS AND RECOGNIZES THE NEW MATE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — IN WHICH PHIL ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE BARK MICHIGAN.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — IN WHICH PHIL FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER, AND FINDS SOMETHING ELSE.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — IN WHICH PHIL FINDS HIMSELF RATED AS AN ABLE SEAMAN IN THE PORT WATCH.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — IN WHICH PHIL STANDS HIS WATCH, AND TAKES HIS TRICK AT THE WHEEL.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — IN WHICH PHIL MAKES A CRINGLE, AND VISITS THE CROSS-TREES.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — IN WHICH PHIL ASCERTAINS THE DESTINATION OF THE MICHIGAN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — IN WHICH PHIL GOES AFT, WITH OTHERS OF THE CREW, AND THEN GOES FORWARD.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — IN WHICH PHIL SPEAKS FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE, AND A SAIL IS DISCOVERED.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — IN WHICH PHIL IS ASSIGNED TO AN IMPORTANT POSITION BY HIS SHIPMATES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — IN WHICH PHIL FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER IN THE STEERAGE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — IN WHICH PHIL BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CABIN STEWARD.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — IN WHICH PHIL AND OTHERS VISIT THE CABIN OF THE BARK.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANIONS OBTAIN POSSESSION OF THE MICHIGAN.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — IN WHICH PHIL ARGUES A POINT WITH WATERFORD, AND MOUNTS GUARD IN THE STEERAGE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — IN WHICH PHIL BECOMES SECOND MATE OF THE MICHIGAN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — IN WHICH PHIL LAYS DOWN THE LAW, AND IS AFTERWARDS MUCH ALARMED.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — IN WHICH PHIL COUNSELS PRUDENCE, AND RESORTS TO STRATEGY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — IN WHICH PHIL PREPARES FOR A STRUGGLE, AND OPENS THE FORE SCUTTLE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — IN WHICH PHIL COMPLETES THE VICTORY, AND EMPTIES THE RUM BARRELS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — IN WHICH PHIL REACHES NEW YORK, MEETS THE GRACEWOODS, AND ABANDONS CRINGLE AND CROSS-TREE.

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