Red Rooney

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Title

Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Families -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21696

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21696

Release Date

June 6, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Red Rooney" — Chapter One. — The Last of the Crew. — Lost and Found. — Chapter Two. — Describes a Rescue and a Happy Family. — Chapter Three. — Our Hero and his Friends become Familiar. — Chapter Four. — Okiok becomes Simple but Deep, and the Wizard tries to make Capital out of Events. — Chapter Five. — Plots and Counter-Plots already. — Chapter Six. — Angut and Rooney hold Converse on many Things. — Chapter Seven. — Treats of Cross-Purposes and Difficulties. — Chapter Eight. — Mrs Okiok’s Little Evening Party. — Chapter Nine. — Shows that the Wise are a Match for the Wicked, and exhibits Tumbler and Pussi in Danger. — Chapter Ten. — Red Rooney becomes a Spectacle and then a President. — Chapter Eleven. — The Hairy Ones feast and are Happy. — Chapter Twelve. — Combines Story-Telling (in both Senses) with Fasting, Fun, and more Serious Matters. — Okiok’s Song. — Chapter Thirteen. — Mischief Hatching. — Chapter Fourteen. — Solemn and Mysterious Doings are Brought to a Violent Close. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Great Singing Duel interrupted by a Catastrophe. — Chapter Sixteen. — The Rebellion of the Worm and the Fall of the Wizard. — Chapter Seventeen. — Tells of Despair and a Wild Pursuit. — Chapter Eighteen. — A Terrible Encounter, Disastrous Results, and Singular Termination. — Chapter Nineteen. — Spring returns—Kayak Evolutions—Angut is Puzzled. — Chapter Twenty. — The Chase continued and disastrously interrupted. — Chapter Twenty One. — Shows a Gloomy Prospect—Starvation threatened, and wonderfully averted. — Chapter Twenty Two. — A Brief but Singular Voyage winds up with a Great Surprise. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Describes a most Amazing Surprise, and treats of Hans Egede. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Escape from Present Danger, and a Curious Instance of the Effects of Gin. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Eskimo Encampment—A Murder and its Consequences. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Tells of Men whose Actions end in Smoke, and of others whose Plots end in Deeds of Darkness. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — A Strange Meeting strangely interrupted. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — A Capture, Flight, Surprise, and Rescue. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Conclusion. — The End.

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