The Great Quest by Charles Boardman Hawes
"The Great Quest" by Charles Boardman Hawes is a children's adventure novel published in 1921. When Cornelius Gleazen returns to 1826 Massachusetts, he persuades his friend Seth Woods and Seth's young nephew Joe to join a sea voyage supposedly seeking hidden treasure. But when the travelers reach Cuba, a darker purpose emerges: Gleazen's real plan involves the slave trade in Africa. Joe and his companions must find a way to wrest control
of the expedition from Gleazen's dangerous scheme. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hawes, Charles Boardman, 1889-1923 |
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| Illustrator | Varian, George, 1865-1923 |
| LoC No. | 21017013 |
| Title |
The Great Quest A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Quest |
| Credits |
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Akers, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Sea stories |
| Subject | Cuba -- Fiction |
| Subject | Guinea, Gulf of -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 40265 |
| Release Date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 493 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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