
A battered bark limps into Chelsea harbor, its masts broken and hull leaking after a ferocious storm. With a valuable cargo of steel beams destined for the West Coast, a desperate shipowner enlists the help of a seasoned captain, only to be turned down because his new vessel demands his full attention. In a surprising twist, the captain
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (285K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
2019-08-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1856–1919
Best known for creating the magical world of Oz, this American writer mixed fairy-tale wonder with humor, adventure, and a very modern sense of imagination. His stories have delighted children for generations and helped shape fantasy as we know it.
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