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The sailor boy

The sailor boy

by Oliver Optic

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Author
Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897
Title
The sailor boy : or, Jack Somers in the navy
Original Publication
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 185-, reprint 1915.
Credits
Aaron Adrignola, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76545
Release Date
July 22, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.THE SAILOR BOY; — CHAPTER I. THE VICTORY AT PORT ROYAL.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE DASHAWAY IN A NOVEMBER GALE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE SAILOR AND THE SOLDIER.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE NAVAL RENDEZVOUS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. ON BOARD THE OHIO.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. JACK TAKES A LESSON IN DISCIPLINE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE HARRISBURG.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. “ALL HANDS, UP ANCHOR!”
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. “ALL HANDS, MAKE SAIL!”
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. “MAN OVERBOARD!”
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE COCKSWAIN OF THE CAPTAIN’S GIG.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. SHIP ISLAND.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE BOAT-EXPEDITION.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. JACK ON THE LOOKOUT.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE C. S. STEAMER WIZARD.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE SHORE BATTERY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. RETURN OF THE EXPEDITION.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. QUARTERMASTER SOMERS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE STEAMER MIDDY.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. UP THE RIVER.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. JACK ASHORE.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. THE PLANTER’S MANSION.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. A NIGHT-EXPEDITION.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPTURE OF THE KENSHAW.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. THE UNION REFUGEES.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONSPIRACY ON BOARD THE MIDDY.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MIDDY ON THE BLOCKADE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. THE BLOCKADE RUNNER.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. ON THE SUWANNEE RIVER.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. HOMEWARD BOUND.
  37. 37.FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.Untitled

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