Hearts of Oak

About this eBook

Author

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910

Title

Hearts of Oak : A story of Nelson and the Navy

Original Publication

London: John F. Shaw and Co., 1893.

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75979

Release Date

April 28, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Hearts of Oak.
2. 2.Book I. — CHAPTER I. POOR UNCLE BOB! — CHAPTER II. THE WRECK ON THE GORTON SANDS. — CHAPTER III. "I SEE IT ALL," HE SAID. "I SEE IT ALL." — CHAPTER IV. UNCLE BOB TELLS TOM'S STORY. — CHAPTER V. A MOUNTAIN WAVE COMES SWELLING OVER THE SANDS. — CHAPTER VI. SUMMER MORNING ON A NORFOLK BROAD. — CHAPTER VII. THE LAUNCH OF THE "QUEEN OF THE BROADS." — CHAPTER VIII. "STAY AT HOME, MY LAD, AND PLANT CABBAGES." — CHAPTER IX. HORATIO NELSON'S EARLIER DAYS. — CHAPTER X. "I WILL BE A HERO, AND TRUSTING TO PROVIDENCE BRAVE EVERY DANGER." — CHAPTER XI. "THERE'S A STORM BREWING, AND YOU'LL BE IN IT, TOM." — CHAPTER XII. "DAN WILL NE'ER BE DAN AGAIN," THEY SAID.
3. 3.Book II. — CHAPTER I. TOM'S BAPTISM OF BLOOD. — CHAPTER II. HOW TOM BURE JOINED THE SERVICE. — CHAPTER III. IN THE GUNROOM MESS—THE GREAT WAR GAME. — CHAPTER IV. "WERE THERE REALLY TEARS IN NELSON'S EYES?" — CHAPTER V. THE GLORIOUS OLD "AGAMEMNON." — CHAPTER VI. A DUEL TO THE DEATH. — CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF ST. VINCENT. — CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN NELSON'S SHIP. — CHAPTER IX. BOMBARDING CADIZ—A MADCAP EXPEDITION. — CHAPTER X. A DARK NIGHT'S WORK. — CHAPTER XI. A HAPPY HOME-COMING.
4. 4.Book III — CHAPTER I. A GIPSY'S WARNING. — CHAPTER II. THE FIGHT ON BLACKMUIR MARSH. — CHAPTER III. "VOLUNTEERS" FOR THE NAVY.—THE BURNING OF THE "HIGHFLYER." — CHAPTER IV THE SEARCH FOR THE FRENCH FLEET—AT LAST. — CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF THE NILE—HORRORS OF THE COCKPIT—NELSON WOUNDED. — CHAPTER VI. THE BURNING OF THE "ORIENT"—A HEART OF OAK. — CHAPTER VII. FACE TO FACE WITH THE DANISH SHIPS. — CHAPTER VIII. A "GLORIOUS DAY'S RENOWN." — CHAPTER IX. NELSON'S LAST DAYS AND HOURS. — CHAPTER X. "JACK, I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WANTING IN MY LIFE."

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