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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

"The Red Eric" from R. M. Ballantyne. Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894).

The Red Eric is a classic adventure novel written by R.M. Ballantyne. The story revolves around a young sailor named Eric who is forced to leave his home and join a crew of pirates. Eric is taken aboard the ship of Captain Black, a notorious pirate who is feared by all who sail... Read Full Overview

The Red Eric; Or, the Whaler's Last Cruise. - A Tale is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and... Read Full Overview

The Red Eric - Or, the whaler's last cruise is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other... Read Full Overview

Captain Dunning, besides being the owner and commander of a South Sea whale-ship, was the owner of a large burly body, a pair of broad shoulders, a pair of immense red whiskers that met under his chin, a short, red little nose, a large firm mouth, and a pair of light-blue eyes,... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Red Eric by R.M Ballantyne

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1848 he published his first book... 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

Captain Dunning stood with his back to the fireplace in the back-parlour of a temperance coffee-house in a certain town on the eastern seaboard of America. The name of that town is unimportant, and, for reasons with which the reader has nothing to do, we do not mean to disclose... Read Full Overview

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Captain Dunning stood with his back to the fireplace in the back-parlour of a temperance coffee-house in a certain town on the eastern seaboard of America. The name of that town is unimportant, and, for reasons with which the reader has nothing to do, we do not mean to disclose... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from The Red Eric: The Whaler's Last Cruise New Scenes. - A Fight prevented By a Whale. - A Storm. - Blown off the Yardarm. - Wreck of "The Red Eric"; The Sandbank. - The wrecked Crew make the best of bad circumstances; Life on the Sandbank. - Ailie takes possession of... Read Full Overview