Peter Trawl
by William Henry Giles Kingston
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
- Title
- Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Whaling -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21475
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21475
- Release Date
- May 15, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."Peter Trawl" — Chapter One. — My early days at home. — Chapter Two. — How a true friend was gained. — Chapter Three. — A sad chapter in my life. — Chapter Four. — A fearful catastrophe. — Chapter Five. — A friend lost and a friend gained. — Chapter Six. — Turned out of house and home. — Chapter Seven. — Help comes when least expected. — Chapter Eight. — My first voyage. — Chapter Nine. — I experience the perils of the sea. — Chapter Ten. — Alone on the ocean. — Chapter Eleven. — Dangers multiply. — Chapter Twelve. — Port reached in an unexpected manner. — Chapter Thirteen. — A disastrous voyage. — Chapter Fourteen. — Jim and I carried off against our will. — Chapter Fifteen. — The voyage of the “Intrepid” begun. — Chapter Sixteen. — We cross the Line and attempt to round Cape Horn. — Chapter Seventeen. — Rounding Cape Horn. — Chapter Eighteen. — Our first whales caught—I hear news of Jack. — Chapter Nineteen. — Miles Soper’s narrative concluded. — Chapter Twenty. — A mutiny and its consequences. — Chapter Twenty One. — A cruise across the Pacific and the adventures I met with. — Chapter Twenty Two. — A typhoon, and how we got through it. — Chapter Twenty Three. — A fearful narrative—Doings at Strong’s Island. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Our life on an uninhabited island. — Chapter Twenty Five. — A perilous voyage in the whale-boat. — Chapter Twenty Six. — More startling adventures. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The lost one found at last. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — Escape from the Island and the events which followed. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — On board our old ship—Her voyage through eastern seas. — Chapter Thirty. — The voyage home, and how it ended. — The End.
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