
The Dark Frigate
Young readers who love a swashbuckling yarn will be captivated by The Dark Frigate, winner of the 1924 Newbery Medal as the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Abounding in intrigue, battles, and acts of derring-do, the story takes place in the 17th century and charts a course from England to the Caribbean. The hero, Philip Marsham, lost his mother at an ear...
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; Reprint edition (May 16, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 048682392X
ISBN-13: 978-0486823928
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 273686
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βIn seventeenth-century England, nineteen-year-old Philip Marsham's mother had died when he was young, and his ship captain father Thomas raised him on the sea. Philip would have been with his father when Thomas's ship went down and he was lost, but ...β
y age and was raised aboard various ships by his sea captain father. Alas, a premature death also claims 19-year-old Philip's father, and now he's truly alone in the world. When an accident forces him to flee from London, Philip looks to the sea for his livelihood.Upon meeting some sailors bound for the port of Bideford, Philip joins them in signing on with the Rose of Devon, a frigate bound for Newfoundland. Their transatlantic passage is disrupted by an encounter with a floating wreck, and their rescue of the survivors is repaid with foul treachery by these "gentlemen of fortune" β a band of bloodthirsty pirates who coerce Philip and the rest of the crew into joining in their murderous deeds. Will Philip hang alongside them when the buccaneers are brought to justice?
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