
Transcriber’s Note:
CONTENTS.
SAILOR JACK, THE TRADER.
CHAPTER I. TOM RANDOLPH, CONSCRIPT.
CHAPTER II. LAMBERT’S SIGNAL-FIRE.
CHAPTER III. MR. RANDOLPH CARRIES TALES.
CHAPTER IV. THE PHANTOM BUSHWHACKERS.
CHAPTER V. THE COTTON THIEVES.
CHAPTER VI. THE MAN HE WANTED TO SEE.
CHAPTER VII. SAILOR JACK IN ACTION.
In the sweltering heat of a war‑torn Louisiana settlement, the fragile peace shatters when Major Morgan arrives with a hard‑line conscription order. Lieutenant Lambert and Captain Tom Randolph, a reluctant Home Guard leader, find themselves thrust into a tense standoff between Confederate officers and a community that clings to its own loyalties. Old grudges surface, and the town’s daily life is upended by rumors of betrayal and the looming threat of forced enlistments.
Amid this turmoil, the enigmatic Sailor Jack appears, a seasoned trader whose cargoes and connections make him both a valuable ally and a potential danger. As he navigates the fraught landscape, his presence promises to stir hidden motives and test the fragile alliances forming around him. Listeners will be drawn into a world of rugged characters, smoky river ports, and the uneasy balance between duty and survival.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (481K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by KD Weeks, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2017-01-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

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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