Afloat at Last: A Sailor Boy's Log of His Life at Sea
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Chapters (36)(click to expand)
- John Conroy Hutcheson "Afloat at Last"
- Chapter One.
- In the Rectory Garden.
- Chapter Two.
- My Friend the Boatswain.
- Chapter Three.
- Warping out of Dock.
- Chapter Four.
- Down the River.
- Chapter Five.
- Captain Gillespie comes aboard.
- Chapter Six.
- The Starling.
- Chapter Seven.
- At Sea.
- Chapter Eight.
- A Sudden Interruption.
- Chapter Nine.
- Our Stowaway tumbles into Luck.
- Chapter Ten.
- Crossing the Line.
- Chapter Eleven.
- “One Piecee Cock-Fightee.”
- Chapter Twelve.
- A Strange Sail.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- The Tail-end of a Typhoon.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Attacked by the Pirates.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Ching Wang and I escape in the Sampan.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- The “Blazer” to the Rescue.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Homeward Bound.
- The End.
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