Clear For Action!

By Stephen W. Meader

Book Overview

In the year 1812, Jeff Robbins, a Maine boy, shipped before the mast on a cargo schooner bound for Cuba. His ship was overhauled by a British frigate, and Jeff, with some of the other men, was impressed for service aboard the British vessel.

He learned the endless duties of a sailor in the British Navy and took part in several exciting sea battles with the French. When war was declared between the United States and England, Jeff and the other Americans were treated as prisoners. He and a friend escaped when the Albatross put in for water at an uninhabited Caribbean island. What they found there and how they were rescued brings this exciting tale of adventure on sea and land to its conclusion.

This is Stephen Meader at his best.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193117749X
• ISBN13: 9781931177498
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Southern Skies Publishing, LLC
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Back to my boyhood

I read Stephen Meader When I was in Jr High School and rediscovered him now that I am retired and have more time to read for enjoyment.a great short story writer.

Introduction to terrific author

Stephen W. Meader (1892-1977) published 44 books for children, the first 26 while working full-time in advertising and raising a family. His novels cover much of American history, both in time and place, from Alaska to the Gulf, from colonial days to the jet age. His stories are realistic, imaginative, and exciting. Meader's work was popular during his lifetime, but more recently, his books fell out of print and were hard to find. Bethlehem Books brought back these four nautical adventures in one inexpensive volume. "Cleared for Action!" contains Clear for Action (War of 1812), Whaler `Round the Horn (1830s), Voyage of the Javelin (1850s), and Phantom of the Blockade (Civil War). Southern Skies, a small publishing house, is making Stephen Meader's novels available for new generations of readers. To date, they have 11 titles ($20 paperback, $35 hardcover), and plan to reprint all 44. Now we need another enterprising publisher to resurrect Meader's contemporary master storytellers, Howard Pease and Ronald Welch. I can dream, can't I?