Young Tom Bowling / The Boys of the British Navy
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Chapters (58)(click to expand)
- J.C. Hutcheson "Young Tom Bowling"
- Chapter One.
- Father and I “Argue the Point.”
- Chapter Two.
- “A Chip of the Old Block!”
- Chapter Three.
- I Become an “Unclothed Boy!”
- Chapter Four.
- I am “Cut down in my Prime.”
- Chapter Five.
- Boxing the Compass.
- Chapter Six.
- A Knotty Point!
- Chapter Seven.
- I ‘Go Aloft,’ like my Ancestor!
- Chapter Eight.
- “The Sweets of Friendship.”
- Chapter Nine.
- I Become a “First-Class Boy.”
- Chapter Ten.
- “Under Fire!”
- Chapter Eleven.
- I get into Disgrace.
- Chapter Twelve.
- “Drafted.”
- Chapter Thirteen.
- I go to Sea.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- “In the Bay of Biscay, O!”
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Comedy to Tragedy.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- “His Last Muster!”
- Chapter Seventeen.
- A Study in Black and White.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- “Reef Topsails!”
- Chapter Nineteen.
- “Sail Ho!”
- Chapter Twenty.
- “Jocko.”
- Chapter Twenty One.
- I Become an “Ordinary Seaman.”
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- An Old Acquaintance.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Boarding the Slave Dhow.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- We Nearly Lose the Cutter!
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- The Arab Stronghold.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Baboon Valley.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- A Regular Scrimmage!
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- Warm Greetings.
- The End.
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