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Harry Collingwood
1851–1922
A civil engineer by profession, Harry Collingwood became one of the most prolific writers of nautical adventure for young readers. His fast-moving tales of pirates, explorers, sailors, and peril at sea continue to offer classic maritime excitement.
34 Audiobooks
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"
by Harry Collingwood
The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa
by Harry Collingwood
Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship
by Harry Collingwood
Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure
by Harry Collingwood
The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn
by Harry Collingwood
A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy
by Harry Collingwood
Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
by Harry Collingwood
A Pirate of the Caribbees
by Harry Collingwood
The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific
by Harry Collingwood
A Middy in Command: A Tale of the Slave Squadron
by Harry Collingwood
Through Veld and Forest: An African Story
by Harry Collingwood
The Log of a Privateersman
by Harry Collingwood
The Secret of the Sands; Or, The "Water Lily" and her Crew
by Harry Collingwood
The First Mate: The Story of a Strange Cruise
by Harry Collingwood
Two Gallant Sons of Devon: A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
by Harry Collingwood
A Middy of the Slave Squadron: A West African Story
by Harry Collingwood
The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave Squadron
by Harry Collingwood
The Voyage of the Aurora
by Harry Collingwood
The Missing Merchantman
by Harry Collingwood
The Rover's Secret: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba
by Harry Collingwood
Turned Adrift
by Harry Collingwood
In Search of El Dorado
by Harry Collingwood
Under the Chilian Flag: A Tale of War between Chili and Peru
by Harry Collingwood
With Airship and Submarine: A Tale of Adventure
by Harry Collingwood
The Castaways
by Harry Collingwood
The Pirate Slaver: A Story of the West African Coast
by Harry Collingwood
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War
by Harry Collingwood
Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War
by Harry Collingwood
For Treasure Bound
by Harry Collingwood
A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
by Harry Collingwood
The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure
by Harry Collingwood
The Cruise of the Thetis: A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection
by Harry Collingwood
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
by Harry Collingwood
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer
by Harry Collingwood
About the author
Harry Collingwood was the pen name of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a British civil engineer who specialized in seas and harbors. He is best known for writing more than 40 adventure novels for boys, most of them set against a vivid nautical backdrop.
His books combine shipboard suspense, exploration, piracy, and survival, with titles including The Pirate Island, The Congo Rovers, and The Log of the “Flying Fish”. Although sources differ over his exact birth year, he is commonly catalogued as 1851–1922.