Happy Jack, and Other Tales of the Sea
by William Henry Giles Kingston
★3.2/5
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Chapters (22)
- W.H.G. Kingston "Happy Jack"
- A Tale of the Sea.
- Chapter One.
- The “Naiad.” I go to sea in rather unromantic surroundings.
- Chapter Two.
- A storm.
- Chapter Three.
- On the Russian frigate.
- Chapter Four.
- On board the American brig.
- Chapter Five.
- Old Tom’s Story.
- Chapter Six.
- The brig blown up.
- Chapter Seven.
- A strange discovery.
- Chapter Eight.
- I reach home and think I have had enough of the sea.
- Chapter Nine.
- The “San Fiorenzo” and her Captain. Narrated by Admiral M—.
- Chapter Ten.
- Orlo and Era. A Tale of the African Slave Trade.
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