| The Mate of the Lily Contributor(s): W. H. G. Kingston, H. G. Kingston (Author), W. H. G. Kingston (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421847752 ISBN-13: 9781421847757 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jack Radburn, mate of the "Lily," was as prime a seaman as ever broke biscuit. Brave, generous, and true, so said all the crew, as did also Captain Haiselden, with whom he had sailed since he had first been to sea. Yet so modest and gentle was he on shore that, in spite of his broad shoulders and sun-burnt brow, landsmen were apt to declare that "butter wouldn't melt in his mouth." A finer brig than the "Lily" never sailed from the port of London. Well built and well found-many a successful voyage had she made to far distant seas. Jack Radburn might have got command of a larger craft, but Captain Haiselden, who had nursed him through a fever caught on the coast of Africa, and whose life on another occasion he had saved, thus closely cementing their friendship, begged him to remain with him for yet another voyage, likely to be the most adventurous they had ever yet undertaken. Jack Radburn, who was my uncle, stayed when on shore-not often many weeks together-with his sister, Mrs Musgrave, my mother. |