TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verne,Jules
TI  - Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Ship captains -- Fiction
KW  - Adventure stories
KW  - Sailors -- Fiction
KW  - Voyages and travels -- Fiction
KW  - Enslaved persons -- Fiction
KW  - Whales -- Fiction
KW  - Cooks -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Sand,_A_Captain_at_Fifteen; Release date is 2004-04-01; Produced by Norm Wolcott and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1878. When a whaling expedition goes tragically wrong, fifteen-year-old Dick Sand finds himself commanding a ship with no experienced crew. Through treachery and sabotage, the vessel is secretly diverted to Africa instead of South America, delivering its passengers into the hands of slave traders. Dick must protect Mrs. Weldon and her young son while navigating the brutal realities of the African slave trade in this adventure tale addressing one of history's darkest practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12051
ER  -