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21 totalCASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES. - MARCY, THE REFUGEE - BY - HARRY CASTLEMON, - AUTHOR OF "GUNBOAT SERIES," "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES," "SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," ETC., ETC.
CHAPTER PAGE - I. WHAT BROUGHT BEARDSLEY HOME, 1 II. ALLISON IS SURPRISED, 23 III. THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOSSIP, 42 IV. VISITORS IN PLENTY, 66 V. MARCY'S RASH WISH, 92 VI. THE WISH GRATIFIED, 116 VII. MARCY SPEAKS HIS MIND, 140 VIII. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FLEET, 164 IX. LOOKING FOR A PILOT, 190 X. BEARDSLEY IN TROUBLE, 214 XI. MARCY IN ACTION, 239 XII. HOME AGAIN, 264 XIII. A REBEL SOLDIER SPEAKS, 287 XIV. A YANKEE SCOUTING PARTY, 310 XV. MARCY SEES SOMEBODY, 340 XVI. A FRIEND IN GRAY, 361 XVII. MARCY TAKES TO THE SWAMP, 385 XVIII. CONCLUSION, 406 - MARCY, THE REFUGEE. - CHAPTER I. - WHAT BROUGHT BEARDSLEY HOME.
CHAPTER II. - ALLISON IS SURPRISED.
CHAPTER III. - THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOSSIP.
CHAPTER IV. - VISITORS IN PLENTY.
CHAPTER V. - MARCY'S RASH WISH.
CHAPTER VI. - THE WISH GRATIFIED.
CHAPTER VII. - MARCY SPEAKS HIS MIND.
CHAPTER VIII. - THE ARRIVAL OF THE FLEET.
CHAPTER IX. - LOOKING FOR A PILOT.
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Marcy Gray is a restless young man from North Carolina, fiercely loyal to the Union flag yet yearning for a chance to prove his worth. When his brother Jack decides to enlist, Marcy pilots his modest schooner, the Fairy Belle, through dangerous waters where Confederate forts and Union steam launches lie in wait. The risky sortie tests his seamanship and courage, hinting at the larger currents of a nation at war.
Back on the family plantation, Marcy finds the household in turmoil—neighbors whisper, his mother frets, and the future feels as uncertain as the tides. At the same time, Jack’s own saga unfolds: captured by a Confederate privateer, he seizes a daring escape and later joins a covert blockade‑running vessel bound for distant ports. These tangled threads of duty, family, and wartime daring set the stage for Marcy’s next steps, as he grapples with what it truly means to be “true to his colors.
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en
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~7 hours (450K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2010-03-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Harry Castlemon
1842–1915
A hugely popular writer of adventure stories for young readers, he turned Civil War experience and a love of the outdoors into fast-moving tales of gunboats, camping, hunting, and frontier life. Writing as Harry Castlemon, he helped shape the style of boys' series fiction in the late 1800s.
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