Facing Death
by G. A. Henty
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About this eBook
- Author
- Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902
- Title
- Facing Death; Or, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit: A Tale of the Coal Mines
- Credits
- Produced by David Edwards, Rose Acquavella and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Mine accidents -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31128
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31128
- Release Date
- January 30, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FACING DEATH
- 2.G. A. HENTY,
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS. — FACING DEATH: — OR, HOW STOKEBRIDGE WAS CIVILIZED.
- 5.CHAPTER I. — EVIL TIDINGS.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — BULL-DOG.
- 7.CHAPTER III. — THE RESOLUTION.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE VAUGHAN PIT.
- 9.CHAPTER V. — SETTING TO WORK.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. — "THE OLD SHAFT."
- 11.CHAPTER VII. — FRIENDSHIP.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. — PROGRESS.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE GREAT STRIKE.
- 14.CHAPTER X. — HARD TIMES.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE ATTACK ON THE ENGINE-HOUSE.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. — AFTER THE STRIKE.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. — A HEAVY LOSS.
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE NIGHT-SCHOOL.
- 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE SEWING CLASS.
- 20.CHAPTER XVI. — A NEW LIFE.
- 21.CHAPTER XVII. — THE DOG FIGHT.
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — STOKEBRIDGE FEAST.
- 23.CHAPTER XIX. — THE GREAT RIOT.
- 24.CHAPTER XX. — THE ARM OF THE LAW.
- 25.CHAPTER XXI. — A KNOTTY QUESTION.
- 26.CHAPTER XXII. — THE SOLUTION.
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE EXPLOSION AT THE VAUGHAN.
- 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — IN DEADLY PERIL.
- 29.CHAPTER XXV. — THE IMPRISONED MINERS.
- 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — A CRITICAL MOMENT.
- 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — RESCUED.
- 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — CHANGES.
- 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE NEW MANAGER.
- 34.CHAPTER XXX. — RISEN.
- 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — CONCLUSION.
- 36.THE END. — Transcriber's Note
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