Battles with the Sea: Children's Fiction

Front Cover
VM eBooks, Jul 29, 2016 - Fiction
CHAPTER ONE. HEROES OF THE LIFEBOAT AND ROCKET.
CHAPTER TWO. DESCRIBES A TREMENDOUS BATTLE AND A GLORIOUS VICTORY.
CHAPTER THREE. LIGHT AND SHADE IN LIFEBOAT WORK.
CHAPTER FOUR. CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITIES OF THE LIFEBOAT.
CHAPTER FIVE. MORE TALES OF HEROISM.
CHAPTER SIX. SUPPLIES A FEW POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
CHAPTER SEVEN. THE LIFE-SAVING ROCKET.
 

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Contents

CHAPTER THREE LIGHT AND SHADE IN LIFEBOAT WORK
CHAPTER FIVE MORE TALES OF HEROISM
CHAPTER SEVEN THE LIFESAVING ROCKET

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2016)

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.
In 1847 Ballantyne returned to Scotland to discover that his father had died. He published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America, and for some time was employed by the publishers Messrs Constable. In 1856 he gave up business to focus on his literary career, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Bibliographic information

TitleBattles with the Sea: Children's Fiction
Volume 102 of Children's Fiction
AuthorR. M. Ballantyne
PublisherVM eBooks, 2016
Subjects › 

Fiction / Literary
Juvenile Fiction / General
Literary Collections / General
  
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