02535cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000470011324500230016026400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033350000310036950801860040052011880058653400550177465300230182965300220185265300230187465300310189765300210192865300230194970000470197285600680201985600430208799900190213073917UtSlPG20260610134718.0mcr n260607r20241910utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aVisiak, E. H.q(Edward Harold),d1878-197214aThe haunted island 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2024-06-26  aSusan E., David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The Haunted Island: A Pirate Romance" by E. H. Visiak is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story invites readers into a thrilling tale of adventure, replete with pirates, treasure, and the supernatural, set during the tumultuous times of the 17th century. The narrative follows the protagonist, Francis Clayton, and his brother Dick as they embark on a perilous journey filled with dangers and dark mysteries tied to a haunted island.  The opening of the book introduces us to Francis and Dick Clayton at their family manor on Christmas Eve, 1668. The brothers engage in a conversation filled with tales of a ghostly island, rumored to be protected by a monstrous spirit and guarded treasure. Following a heated scene involving a conspiratorial Captain Skinton and their father's outrage, Dick reveals his intention to commandeer his ship, the "Tiger", for a daring venture into the South Seas without royal sanction. As they set sail, the narrative hints at future encounters with pirates and eerie phenomena that encompass the haunted island's lore, foreshadowing the maritime adventures and conflicts that are to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Elkin Mathews, 1910  aIslands -- Fiction  aAdventure stories  aPirates -- Fiction  aTreasure troves -- Fiction  aShips -- Fiction  aWizards -- Fiction1 aPhysick, N. W.q(Nino William),d1890-19464 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433105944411&seq=240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73917  c114642d114642