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100 1 _aHains, T. Jenkins
_q(Thornton Jenkins),
_d1866-1953
245 1 4 _aThe Chief Mate's Yarns: Twelve Tales of the Sea
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-10-09
505 0 _aThe white ghost of disaster -- The light ahead -- The wreck of the "Rathbone" -- The after bulkhead -- Captain Junard -- In the wake of the engine -- In the hull of the "Heraldine" -- A two-stranded yarn -- At the end of the drag-rope -- Pirates twain -- The judgment of men -- On going to sea.
508 _aProduced by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Chief Mate's Yarns: Twelve Tales of the Sea" by T. Jenkins Hains is a collection of maritime fiction written in the early 20th century. The book offers a series of interconnected stories that delve into the experiences and adventures of sailors at sea, highlighting themes of disaster, courage, and the psychological struggles faced by those who navigate the treacherous waters. The opening of this work sets the stage aboard a ship where a group of men gathers in the smoking room. Their casual card game is interrupted by a sense of unease as they discuss the looming threat of disaster, prompted by the brooding presence of a taciturn ship officer. Tensions rise as the journalist in the group seeks stories about shipwrecks, eventually leading the morose officer to share his haunting memories as a survivor of a tragic maritime disaster caused by the negligence of a captain who ignored warnings of ice. This harrowing account unfolds the stark realities of life at sea, where human errors can lead to catastrophic consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories, American
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aSeafaring life -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55723
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