Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548900991
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Frank Richard Stockton (1834 -1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. 1895 adventure novel The Adventures of Captain Horn was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. Born in Philadelphia in the year 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, they moved to Burlington, New Jersey. where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. In this book: The adventures of Capitan Horn Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Frank Richard Stockton, Pirates Collection Novels
Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548900991
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Frank Richard Stockton (1834 -1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. 1895 adventure novel The Adventures of Captain Horn was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. Born in Philadelphia in the year 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, they moved to Burlington, New Jersey. where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. In this book: The adventures of Capitan Horn Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548900991
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Frank Richard Stockton (1834 -1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. 1895 adventure novel The Adventures of Captain Horn was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. Born in Philadelphia in the year 1834, Stockton was the son of a prominent Methodist minister who discouraged him from a writing career. After he married Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, they moved to Burlington, New Jersey. where he produced some of his first literary work. The couple then moved to Nutley, New Jersey. In this book: The adventures of Capitan Horn Kate Bonnet: The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Buccaneers and Pirates
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486454258
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486454258
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands.
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands. Stockton writes of "a grim subject in a spirit both comic and romantic." "The Dictionary of American Biography."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other lesser known but equally cutthroat brigands. Stockton writes of "a grim subject in a spirit both comic and romantic." "The Dictionary of American Biography."
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Binker North
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The careers of Peter the Great, Peter Francis, Bartolomy Portuguez, John Esquemeling, Roc the Brazilian, L'Oonnois the Cruel, Henry Morgan, Ravenau de Lussan, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Richard Worley, Mary Reed, Anne Bonney, Edward Low, Lafitte, Captain Kidd.
Publisher: Binker North
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The careers of Peter the Great, Peter Francis, Bartolomy Portuguez, John Esquemeling, Roc the Brazilian, L'Oonnois the Cruel, Henry Morgan, Ravenau de Lussan, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Richard Worley, Mary Reed, Anne Bonney, Edward Low, Lafitte, Captain Kidd.
The Novels and Stories of Frank Stockton ...: Kate Bonnet : the romance of a pirate's daughter
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Reformed Pirate and Other Stories
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434483461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Frank R. Stockton (April 5, 1834 - April 20, 1902), was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing common to children's stories of the time, instead using clever humor to poke at greed, violence, abuse of power and other human foibles, describing his fantastic characters' adventures in a charming, matter-of-fact way in stories like "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" (1885) and "The Bee-Man of Orn" (1887).
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434483461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Frank R. Stockton (April 5, 1834 - April 20, 1902), was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing common to children's stories of the time, instead using clever humor to poke at greed, violence, abuse of power and other human foibles, describing his fantastic characters' adventures in a charming, matter-of-fact way in stories like "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" (1885) and "The Bee-Man of Orn" (1887).
Ting-a-ling
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
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Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton, Vol. XI
Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
ISBN: 9780649372713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
ISBN: 9780649372713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.
The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton: Kate Bonnet : the romance of a pirate's daughter
Author: Frank R. Stockton
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description