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100 1 _aAlden, W. L.
_q(William Livingston),
_d1837-1908
245 1 4 _aThe loss of the Swansea
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-07-20
508 _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.)
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: D. Lothrop Company, 1889
653 _aOrphans -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aTeenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPirates -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSailing -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBrothers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSeafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aCaves -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aMutiny -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPrisoners -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aEverglades (Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aSmall, F. O.
_q(Frank O.),
_d1860-1915
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/lossofswanseasto00alde
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76536
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