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My name is Philip Forster, and I am now an old man. I reside in a quiet little village, that stands upon the sea-shore, at the bottom of a very large bay-one of the largest in our island. I have styled it a quiet village, and so it really is, though it boasts of being a seaport... Read Full Overview

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Cette oeuvre fait partie de la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d' dition tredition, bas e Hambourg, a publi dans la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux mill naires. Ils taient pour la plupart puis s ou unique-ment disponible chez les bouquinistes... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Cette oeuvre ( dition reli ) fait partie de la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d' dition tredition, bas e Hambourg, a publi dans la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux mill naires. Ils taient pour la plupart puis s ou uniquement disponible chez... Read Full Overview

" ...]been my history. There are those in the village, however, who are better acquainted with some chapters from the story of my life-passages of it which they have heard from my own lips, for I am never disinclined to relate to those who may be worthy of hearing it any interesting... Read Full Overview

My name is Philip Forster, and I am now an old man. I reside in a quiet little village, that stands upon the sea-shore, at the bottom of a very large bay-one of the largest in our island. I have styled it a quiet village, and so it really is, though it boasts of being a seaport... Read Full Overview

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

Un vieux marin raconte son enfance, son go?t pour la mer, et son premier voyage, alors qu'il est enferm? dans la cale, en compagnie des rats, et souffrant de la faim.

The Boy Tar: Or A Voyage In The Dark is a classic adventure novel written by Mayne Reid and published in 1885. The story follows the journey of a young boy named Jack Tierney, who runs away from his abusive stepfather and joins a ship as a cabin boy. Jack quickly adapts to life... Read Full Overview

Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico,... Read Full Overview

"A fond de cale" de Thomas Mayne Reid. ?crivain am?ricain d'origine irlandaise (1818-1883).