Sunshine Bill & Adrift in a Boat

By: Kingston, William H. G.

This pair of novellas by W.H.G. Kingston (known better as one of the primary translators of the works of Jules Verne into English) share a nautical theme. Both stories deal with the lives and adventures of teenage boy sailors and how they survive the rigors and dangers of the oceans in the mid-to-late 1800s. SUNSHINE BILL - Young Bill's father is killed in an accident and his mother is hard-pressed to provide for the family. He befriends a sea captain who offers him a place on his ship and steady income. He survives hurricanes, falling overboard and other mishaps like sharks, hunger, and French sailors to fight. ADRIFT IN A BOAT - On a picnic a family is joined by a midshipman on leave. He and another boy go for a walk on some rocks but get cut off by rising tides. They try to swim but are rescued by an old man in a boat. They drift until they spot a wrecked ship, but are fired on by some privateers. The old man dies and the boys must struggle to get back home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304820572
• ISBN13: 9781304820570
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"