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Title: A Year in a Yawl

Author: Russell Doubleday

Release date: March 20, 2018 [eBook #56792]

Language: English

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A YEAR IN A YAWL


BOOKS BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE
CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE
A YEAR IN A YAWL
The True Adventure Series

“‘WE ARE UNDER WAY AT LAST.’”


A YEAR IN A YAWL
A TRUE TALE OF THE
ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS
IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL
BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
FROM THE LOG OF
CAPT. RANSOM
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1906

Copyright, 1901, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
OCTOBER, 1901.

CONTENTS
I. The Launching of the Scheme
II. The Launching of the Boat
III. Outward Bound
IV. An Adventure in St. Louis
V. A Perilous Situation
VI. An Arctic Adventure
VII. Sailing with Frozen Rigging
VIII. An Icy Storm off “Sunny” Baton Rouge
IX. On Salt Water at Last
X. Riding a Monster Turtle
XI. Lost on Captive Island
XII. Fighting a Man-eating Shark
XIII. A Thrilling Fourth of July Celebration
XIV. A Race with a Gale
XV. Captured by “Liberty”
XVI. From New York to Albany
XVII. Along the “Raging Canal”
XVIII. In the Grip of Iron and Stone
XIX. A Stormy Night on a Sinking Pile-Driver
XX. Homeward Bound