03270cam a22004573u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324503780014226400510052030000470057133600260061833700260064433800360067050000310070650000310073750802050076852011990097353400450217265300400221765300220225765300320227965300320231165300350234365300440237865300390242265300320246165300320249365300490252565300780257465300340265265300380268665300450272485600430276949985UtSlPG20260610134141.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aPyle, Howard,d1853-191114aThe Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes :bBeing the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIllustrated by the author.  aRelease date is 2015-09-16  aE-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes" by Howard Pyle is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book follows the adventures of Jack Ballister, a young gentleman who, after being kidnapped in the year 1719, finds himself taken to the Virginia plantations. His story intricately weaves through encounters with notorious figures like the infamous pirate Blackbeard, as Jack navigates the challenges of his newfound life and seeks escape from piracy and bondage.  At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to the socio-economic context of early colonial Virginia, highlighting the labor shortages faced by plantation owners and the dubious practices of merchants like Hezekiah Tipton, who buys and sells indentured servants. The opening portions feature Jack Ballister, who lives under his miserly uncle's care after the death of his father. As Jack struggles with feelings of isolation and yearns for adventure, the inciting incident occurs when he is unexpectedly kidnapped by Captain Butts and forced aboard a ship bound for the Americas, setting the stage for a thrilling voyage filled with peril and self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aAdventure stories  aPirates -- Juvenile fiction  aSailing -- Juvenile fiction  aKidnapping -- Juvenile fiction  aVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction  aSeafaring life -- Juvenile fiction  aRescues -- Juvenile fiction  aEscapes -- Juvenile fiction  aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aVirginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile fiction  aCourtship -- Juvenile fiction  aRedemptioners -- Juvenile fiction  aTeach, Edward, -1718 -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49985