The Great Quest
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Publisher: The Torbell Company 1921
ISBN/ASIN: B00513JPNO
Number of pages: 360
Description:
A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea. He braves the stormy seas, encounters natives, searches for gold... and rescues a lovely lady.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marshby Russell Thorndyke - Doubleday, Page & Company
Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch in 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for Syn.
(12570 views)
The Fearsome Islandby Albert Kinross - Herbert S. Stone & Company
A narrative of Silas Fordred, master mariner of Hythe whose shipwreck and subsequent adventures are herein set forth. Also an appendix accounting for the seeming marvels that Silas Fordred encountered during his sojourn on a fearsome island.
(7603 views)
The Swiss Family Robinsonby Jean Rudolph Wyss - Rand McNally & Company
Swept off course by a storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins the classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812.
(12507 views)
The Great Airshipby F. S. Brereton - Blackie & Son ltd.
From those cold and forbidding Antarctic regions the airship rushed towards sunnier climes, and was very soon over Cape Horn. Thence she traced the whole length of South America, passing over the Pacific coast of that enormous continent ...
(6430 views)