03023cam a22004573u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000510011324500280016426400510019230000470024333600260029033700260031633800360034250000310037850801940040952012880060353400600189165300320195165300400198365300370202365300320206065300320209265300330212465300440215765300390220165300300224065300310227065300490230165300340235065300420238470000410242685600550246785600430252276536UtSlPG20260610134754.0mcr n260607r20251889utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aAlden, W. L.q(William Livingston),d1837-190814aThe loss of the Swansea 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-07-20  aRichard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"The loss of the Swansea: A story of the Florida coast" by W. L. Alden is a seafaring adventure novel for young readers written in the late 19th century. It follows Bristol brothers Jack and Tom, cast onto the Florida coast after a mutiny on the brig Swansea, as they face pirates, wild country, secret caves, and the lure of hidden treasure alongside a weathered ex-pirate ally.  The opening of the story finds the orphaned brothers bound for America on the Swansea, where the drink-weakened Captain Fearing is overthrown by his mate, John March. Set adrift with the captain, the boys reach a Florida inlet, discover an abandoned pirate fort and a glittering cave, and endure a night of rattlesnakes and panthers. When another pirate gang appears and murders Fearing, the boys flee into the cave, are swept by an underground river to a hidden pool, and meet Bill Catchley, a marooned former pirate. With Bill’s help they blast open Blackbeard’s iron gate, wander a labyrinth, and narrowly find daylight again. They then slip upriver, steal back a boat, and push into the Everglades, where Bill reveals a long-buried treasure he once nearly unearthed. As they begin to dig at the marked spot, six armed Indians emerge and seize them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: D. Lothrop Company, 1889  aOrphans -- Juvenile fiction  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aTeenage boys -- Juvenile fiction  aPirates -- Juvenile fiction  aSailing -- Juvenile fiction  aBrothers -- Juvenile fiction  aVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction  aSeafaring life -- Juvenile fiction  aCaves -- Juvenile fiction  aMutiny -- Juvenile fiction  aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aPrisoners -- Juvenile fiction  aEverglades (Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction1 aSmall, F. O.q(Frank O.),d1860-19154 uhttps://archive.org/details/lossofswanseasto00alde40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76536