Old Jack
by William Henry Giles Kingston
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Sealing -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 23049
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23049
- Release Date
- October 17, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."Old Jack" — Chapter One. — Donnybrook Fair. — Chapter Two. — The Bitters and Sweets of a Sea-Life. — Chapter Three. — The West Indies. — Chapter Four. — The Return Home. — Chapter Five. — The Planter’s House Besieged. — Chapter Six. — A Terrible Execution, and a Narrow Escape. — Chapter Seven. — A Pirate Stronghold. — Chapter Eight. — Pirates in both Hemispheres. — Chapter Nine. — A Ship without a Crew. — Chapter Ten. — The Water-Logged Ship. — Chapter Eleven. — Adventures in Morocco—Search for the Lost Captain. — Chapter Twelve. — The Salee Rover and the British Corvette. — Chapter Thirteen. — Jack a Man-of-War’s-Man. — Chapter Fourteen. — Tyranny—War and Mutiny, with a Glimpse of Home Comforts between. — Chapter Fifteen. — Jack a Prisoner—A Privateer and a Slaver. — Chapter Sixteen. — Whaling in the South-Sea. — Chapter Seventeen. — Incidents of Whaling. — Chapter Eighteen. — Whaling and Seal-Catching in the Icy Regions. — Chapter Nineteen. — A Visit to Java. — Chapter Twenty. — Strange Adventures and Naval Exploits. — Chapter Twenty One. — Batavia and the Feejee Islands. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Life among the Savages—Jack’s Escape and Return Home. — The End.
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