The Lively Poll: A Tale of the North Sea
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About This Book
R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: A Tale of Eski...
Chapters (30)(click to expand)
- R.M. Ballantyne "The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea"
- Chapter One.
- The Fleet.
- Chapter Two.
- Accidents Afloat and Incidents Ashore.
- Chapter Three.
- The Skipper Ashore.
- Chapter Four.
- Hardships on the Sea.
- Chapter Five.
- The Tempter’s Victory.
- Chapter Six.
- The Power of Sympathy.
- Chapter Seven.
- A Rescue.
- Chapter Eight.
- Tells of more than one Surprise.
- Chapter Nine.
- Beginning of the Good Work.
- Chapter Ten.
- The First Fight and Victory.
- Chapter Eleven.
- A Consultation, a Feast, and a Plot.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The Enterprise fails—remarkably.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- The Tide begins to turn, and Death steps in.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Last.
- The End.
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