Author : Frank R. Stockton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530004706
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Book Synopsis The Adventures of Captain Horn (1895) Adventure Novel by Frank R. Stockton by : Frank R. Stockton
Download or read book The Adventures of Captain Horn (1895) Adventure Novel by Frank R. Stockton written by Frank R. Stockton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor from San Francisco to Valparaiso was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm which rose with frightful suddenness was of short duration but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage and she was rolling in the trough of the sea with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides