Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast

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Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast

by Frank V. Webster

EN·~3 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total
1

DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER

0:01
2

CHAPTER I - THE HURRICANE

10:00
3

CHAPTER II - SAVED BY THE LIFE CHAIN

10:09
4

CHAPTER III - ABNER PEAKE'S OFFER

11:37
5

CHAPTER IV - THE CABIN BY THE MARSH

12:30
6

CHAPTER V - AN ENCOUNTER ON THE ROAD

8:12
7

CHAPTER VI - WINNING HIS WAY

9:56
8

CHAPTER VII - THE MIDNIGHT ALARM

9:02
9

CHAPTER VIII - ACROSS THE BAY

8:47
10

CHAPTER IX - THE SIGNAL ROCKET

8:34

Description

A fierce Caribbean hurricane batter the Falcon into a helpless wreck, and Darry, a young cabin boy, clings to a splintered mizzen‑mast as the sea swells like a wounded beast. Beside him, the weathered Captain Harley shouts through the gale, sharing a grim certainty that their beloved brigantine may meet its end. The storm forces both men to confront the raw power of the ocean while their desperate grip on the rope becomes a fragile lifeline.

Beyond the tempest, Darry carries a crescent‑shaped scar on his arm—a silent clue to a forgotten past that has haunted him since he was rescued from a Naples café as an abandoned child. Under Harley’s steady guidance he has learned the ropes of sailing, but the mystery of his origins lingers like a whisper in the wind. As the battered vessel fights its way toward the coast, Darry must decide whether hope lies in surviving the storm or in the promise of uncovering the identity hidden behind that strange mark.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (227K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2007-08-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Frank V. Webster

Frank V. Webster

Behind this name is a whole corner of early 20th-century boys’ adventure fiction. The books credited to this author were produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and built around plucky young heroes, brisk action, and clear moral stakes.

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