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100 1 _aVisiak, E. H.
_q(Edward Harold),
_d1878-1972
245 1 4 _aThe haunted island
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-26
508 _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.)
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Elkin Mathews, 1910
653 _aIslands -- Fiction
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aPirates -- Fiction
653 _aTreasure troves -- Fiction
653 _aShips -- Fiction
653 _aWizards -- Fiction
700 1 _aPhysick, N. W.
_q(Nino William),
_d1890-1946
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433105944411&seq=2
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73917
999 _c114642
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