A Book for the Hammock
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About This Book
William Clark Russell’s Sea Adventures is a collection of five most popular nautical novels By English writer William Clark Russell. All five novels are very interesting and full of action adventures. Russell was best known for his nautical novels. At the age of 13 Russell joined the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy, serving for eight years. His influence in this respect was acknowledged by the future King George V. Among Russell's contemporary admirers were Herman Melville, Algernon Swinburne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Novels in this 1. An Ocean Tragedy2. A Book for the Hammock3. The Phantom De...
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- A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- A NAUTICAL LAMENT.
- SUPERSTITIONS OF THE SEA.
- OLD SEA ORDNANCE.
- THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG.
- THE NAVAL OFFICER’S SPIRIT.
- WOMEN AS SAILORS.
- FIGHTING SMUGGLERS.
- SEA PHRASES.
- THEN AND NOW.
- COSTLY SHIPWRECKS.
- CURIOSITIES OF DISASTERS AT SEA.
- INFERNAL MACHINES.
- QUEER FISH.
- STRANGE CRAFT.
- MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.
- RICH CAPTURES.
- PECULIARITIES OF RIG.
- HOW THE OLD NAVIGATORS MANAGED.
- PLATES AND RIVETS.[78]
- FRENCH SMACKSMEN.
- OLD SEA CUSTOMS.
- WHO IS VANDERDECKEN?
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