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The Boy Slaves
The story follows a group of young boys, midshipmen in the British navy, who find themselves shipwrecked and drifting at sea after their corvette sinks.
"The Boy Slaves" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel. The story follows a group of young boys, midshipmen in the British navy, who find themselves shipwrecked and drifting at sea after their corvette sinks.
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No one who has written books for the young during the present century ever had so large a circle of readers as Captain Mayne Reid, or ever was so well fitted by circumstances to write the books by which he is chiefly known. His life, which was an adventurous one, was ripened with the experience of two Continents, and his temperament, which was an ardent one, reflected the traits of two races. Irish by birth, he was American in his sympathies with the people of the New World, whose acquaintance he made at an early period, among whom he lived for years, and whose battles he helped to win. He was probably more familiar with the Southern and Western portion of the United States forty years ago than any native-born American of that time. A curious interest attaches to the life of Captain Reid, but it is not of the kind that casual biographers dwell upon. If he had written it himself it would have charmed thousands of readers, who can now merely imagine what it might have been from the glimpses of it which they obtain in his writings. It was not passed in the fierce light of publicity, but in that simple, silent obscurity which is the lot of most men, and is their happiness, if they only knew it.
Contents
- 01Author's Note.
- 02Memoir of Mayne Reid.
- 03The Boy Slaves.
- 04Chapter I.
- 05The Land of the Slave.
- 06Chapter II.
- 07Types of the Triple Kingdom.
- 08Chapter III.
- 09The Serpent's Tongue.
- 10Chapter IV.
- 11'Ware the Tide.
- 12'Ware the Tide
- 13Chapter V.
- 14A False Guide.
- 15Chapter VI.
- 16Wade or Swim?
- 17Chapter VII.
- 18A Compulsory Parting.
- 19Chapter VIII.
- 20Safe Ashore.
- 21Chapter IX.
- 22Uncomfortable Quarters.
- 23Chapter XI.
- 24'Ware the Sand!
- 25Chapter XII.
- 26A Mysterious Nightmare.
- 27Chapter XIII.
- 28The Maherry.
- 29Chapter XIV.
- 30A Liquid Breakfast.
- 31Chapter XV.
- 32The Sailor Among the Shell-Fish.
- 33The Old Sailor Succeeds in Gathering Some Shell-Fish.
- 34Chapter XVI.
- 35Keeping Under Cover.
- 36Chapter XVII.
- 37The Trail on the Sand.
- 38Chapter XVIII.
- 39The "Desert Ship."
- 40Chapter XIX.
- 41Homeward Bound.
- 42Chapter XX.
- 43The Dance Interrupted.
- 44Chapter XXI.
- 45A Serio-Comical Reception.
- 46Chapter XXII.
- 47The Two Sheiks.
- 48Chapter XXIII.
- 49Sailor Bill Beshrewed.
- 50Chapter XXIV.
- 51Starting on the Track.
- 52Chapter XXV.
- 53Bill to Be Abandoned.
- 54Chapter XXVI.
- 55A Cautious Retreat.
- 56Chapter XXVII.
- 57A Queer Quadruped.
- 58Chapter XXVIII.
- 59The Hue and Cry.
- 60Chapter XXIX.
About this edition
- Author
- Mayne Reid
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 452 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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