The Lifeboat
by R. M. Ballantyne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Lifesaving -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21744
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21744
- Release Date
- June 7, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Lifeboat" — Chapter One. — The Beginning—in which Several Important Personages are Introduced. — Chapter Two. — In Which more Important Personages are Introduced, and Display their Characters by their Actions More or Less. — Chapter Three. — In which the Introduction of Important Personages is Continued, in Rather Exciting Circumstances. — Chapter Four. — In which Introductions still go on, and Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before. — Chapter Five. — The Gale—False Economy and its Results—A Wreck on the Goodwin Sands. — Chapter Six. — Heroes of the Kentish Coast—The Lifeboat—The Rescue. — Chapter Seven. — The Widow’s Cottage. — Chapter Eight. — The Living Left Among the Dead—A Wild Chase on a Wild Night Stopped by a Ghost. — Chapter Nine. — Unbusinesslike Proceedings in “The Office”—Peekins Grows Desperate and Takes Refuge in the “Three Jolly Tars.” — Chapter Ten. — The “Hovel” on Deal Beach—A Storm Brewing—Plans to Circumvent the Smugglers. — Chapter Eleven. — The Smugglers’ Cave—A Surprise, a Deception, a Fight, and an Escape. — Chapter Twelve. — The Storm—The Wreck of the Homeward Bound—The Lifeboat. — Chapter Thirteen. — Saving the Passengers and Crew—Our Heroes Distinguish Themselves. — General Observations. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Morning after the Storm. — Chapter Fifteen. — Relates to Love, Cross Purposes and Mistakes, etcetera. — Chapter Sixteen. — Tommy Bogey forms a Mighty Resolve, and Mr Denham, being Perplexed, becomes Liberal. — Chapter Seventeen. — Dark Deeds are done upon the Sea—Tommy Bogey in Great Danger. — Chapter Eighteen. — The Antipodes. — Chapter Nineteen. — Denham Longs for Fresh Air, and Finds it. — Chapter Twenty. — A Fire at Sea. — Chapter Twenty One. — Mysterious Doings. — Chapter Twenty Two. — The Storm and the Wreck. — Chapter Twenty Three. — History of the Lifeboat. — Chapter Twenty Four. — A Meeting—A Death, and a Discovery. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Conclusion. — The End.
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