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Complete and unabridged paperback edition.

First published in 1899.

This collection of classic short stories takes place around Malay pirates, India, and a shipwreck around the Channel Islands and a dam within California, as well as escaping from Chinese captors.

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""Among Malay Pirates"" is an adventure novel written by G. A. Henty. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the journey of a young Englishman named Harry Holdsworth who is shipwrecked off the coast of Borneo. He is taken captive by Malay pirates and forced to join... Read Full Overview

"I wish most heartily that something would happen," Harry Parkhurst, a midshipman of some sixteen years of age, said to his chum, Dick Balderson, as they leaned on the rail of her majesty's gunboat Serpent, and looked gloomily at the turbid stream that rolled past the ship as... Read Full Overview

A classic tale of adventure from G.A. Henty. Also includes the short stories: BEARS AND DACOITS A TALE OF THE GHAUTS, THE PATERNOSTERS, A PIPE OF MYSTERY, WHITE FACED DICK: A STORY OF PINE TREE GULCH, A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE.This collection of classic short stories takes place... Read Full Overview

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G. A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he carried into adulthood. He attended Westminster School, London,... Read Full Overview