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Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea

by Thomas Bingley

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureChildren's11 chapters
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B2
Length
11 chapters
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About this book

A young man’s dream of adventure at sea is set against the harsh realities of storms, shipwrecks, and survival when he joins a voyage fraught with danger and unexpected disaster. Follow his harrowing journey from hopeful sailor to castaway.

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11 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01CHAPTER I. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN RICHARD FALCONER. · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER II. UNCLE THOMAS CONTINUES HIS NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN FALCONER'S ADVENTURES.
03CHAPTER III. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE VRYHEID.
04CHAPTER IV. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY.
05CHAPTER V. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE KENT EAST INDIAMAN.
06CHAPTER VI. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE MEDUSA.
07CHAPTER VII. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE WINTERTON EAST INDIAMAN.
08CHAPTER VIII. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.
09CHAPTER IX. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE STEAMERS KILLARNEY AND FORFARSHIRE.
10CHAPTER X. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE ALBION NEW YORK PACKET.
11CHAPTER XI. UNCLE THOMAS TELLS OF THE LOSS OF THE DODDINGTON EAST INDIAMAN.

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