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The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes: Being 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

Name: The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes: Being 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
Author: Howard Pyle

by Howard Pyle

Level C1 · AdvancedAdventureHistoricalChildren's54 chapters

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CEFR level: C1
Length: 54 chapters
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Kidnapped and sold into servitude on Virginia’s tobacco plantations, a young gentleman finds himself entangled with the infamous pirate Blackbeard, sparking a daring adventure of escape and rescue amid the harsh colonial frontier.

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

01THE STORY OF JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES · Ch.1Free

02LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

03INTRODUCTION

04CHAPTER I

05CHAPTER II

06CHAPTER III

07CHAPTER IV

08CHAPTER V

09CHAPTER VI

10CHAPTER VII

11CHAPTER VIII

12CHAPTER IX

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