Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; Or, The Sportman's Club Among the Whalers
1876
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle; Or, The Sportman's Club Among the Whalers
1876
Three months in the mountains weren't enough for the Sportman's Club. After a thrilling wilderness adventure, Frank Nelson and his friends return to San Francisco with wilderness in their blood and nothing but restlessness in their hearts. When they sign aboard the whaling schooner Stranger, they imagine glory and adventure on the open sea. What they find is something far more dangerous: the very real threat of being shanghaied, kidnapped by force to serve on a ship they never chose. Dick Lewis, the seasoned trapper, may know the wilderness, but the ocean is a different kind of cruel. As the Stranger heads into hazardous waters, these cocky young adventurers must learn that courage isn't the absence of fear. Castlemon, a master of juvenile adventure fiction, knows exactly how to balance genuine peril with the irrepressible energy of youth. This is old-fashioned adventure at its purest: boys who can't sit still, a sea that doesn't care, and the rude awakening that comes from biting off more than you can chew.
