The Young Trawler

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

Fishers -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21713

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21713

Release Date

June 6, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."The Young Trawler" — Chapter One. — Introduces Deep-Sea Fishermen And their Families. — Chapter Two. — A Contrast to Chapter I. — Chapter Three. — Introduces Consternation to A Delicate Household. — Chapter Four. — Billy Bright the Fisher-Boy visits London—has a Fight—enlarges his Mind, and undertakes Business. — Chapter Five. — How Billy Conducts the Business—How Captain Bream Overcomes the Sisters, and how Jessie Seaward Sees Mystery in Everything. — Chapter Six. — The Curse of the North Sea; and the Trawls at Work. — Chapter Seven. — A Haul and its Consequences—Mysterious News from the Land. — Chapter Eight. — Dangers, Difficulties, and Excitements of the Traffic; Loading the Steamer. — Chapter Nine. — Another Drag-Net hauled—The Mission Smack. — Chapter Ten. — A Strong Contrast—A Victim of the Coper. — Chapter Eleven. — Ruth and Captain Bream take to Scheming. — Chapter Twelve. — Captain Bream develops a Capacity for Scheming. — Chapter Thirteen. — Run down in a Fog—Captain Bream acts surprisingly. — Chapter Fourteen. — Ruth’s Hopes as to her Plot brighten a little. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Cloud comes over Ruth’s Hopes, and dims their Brightness. — Chapter Sixteen. — Temptation on the Deep. — Chapter Seventeen. — Converse in the Cabin—The Tempter again—An Accident. — Chapter Eighteen. — A Day of Calm followed by a Night of Storm. — Chapter Nineteen. — Ruth finds that everything seems to go against her. — Chapter Twenty. — Details Two Robberies and an Awful Situation. — Chapter Twenty One. — A Hopeful Club Discovered. — Chapter Twenty Two. — In the Mission Boat on the Thames—The Damping of the Body cannot damp the Ardent Spirit. — Chapter Twenty Three. — How Captain Bream fared in his Search, and what came of it. — Chapter Twenty Four. — The Wreck of the Evening Star. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Billy and his Father Return Home. — Chapter Twenty Six. — The House of Mourning. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The Captain’s Appetite Restored, and Ruth in a New Light. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — Out with the Short Blue again. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Another Fight and—Victory! — Chapter Thirty. — The Climax Reached at last. — Chapter Thirty One. — The Last.

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