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(0)Charles Boardman Hawes
1) Even So
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Donald Hastings followed the sea. Holiest, impetuous, young, as were so many of those, sea captains in that golden era of the early nineteenth-century, he left, but one shadow on his memory, perhaps not altogether a shadow. Therein lies the story.
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From the Newbery Medal Winning Author Of The Dark Frigate, The Mutineers is a tale of old days at Sea and of Adventures in the Far East.
Strange events happened in our first month at sea-events so subtle as perhaps to seem an unimportant part of this narrative of a strange voyage, yet really as necessary to the foundation of the story as the single bricks and the single dabs of mortar at the base of a tall chimney are necessary to the completed structure....
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The story opens in Massachusetts in 1826. After Neal Gleazen unexpectedly returns to town, he involves childhood friend Seth Woods and Seth's nephew, twenty-year-old Joe, in a dangerous sea journey to retrieve a hidden treasure. But, everything is not as it seems and Joe and Seth must come to terms with the truth and make the right choices or all will be lost. A Newbury Medal Nominee
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Charles Boardman Hawes was a Newbery Medal winning author. His swashbuckling pirate stories captivated a generation of readers. Now you can go on swashbuckling adventures, smell the salt of the ocean and the gunpowder of the pirates' cannons as you set sail on the high seas. Included here are all of Hawe's novels and a short story including The Dark Frigate, "Even So," The Mutineers, and The Great Quest. Over a quarter million words of pulse pounding,...
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In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.