Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen

By Jules Verne, Juliusz Verne, Julio Verne, et al.

Book Overview

This edition of "Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen" includes the original picture illustrations that follow the story line.Unlike most of Jules Verne's other works, this novel, published in 1878, does not contain marvels or new inventions. Instead, it shows a stirring picture of Africa as found by explorers and scientists of the time.Dick Sand, a fifteen year old boy, wants to be ship captain someday. Aboard a whaling ship headed to San Francisco, he and the crew rescue five people and a dog, survivors from the wreck of another ship. After a whaling accident killed the captain and the rest of the crew, and being tricked into landing the ship at Africa, Dick must lead the survivors and find their way home. This coming of age story deals with the pressures of suddenly undertaking an adult responsibility, leadership, revenge, pain of betrayal, and confrontation of the unjustifiable rationale behind the slave trade, set against the stunning backdrop of the African wilderness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475056877
• ISBN13: 9781475056877
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"