Jack Harvey's Adventures; or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates by Smith
"Jack Harvey's Adventures; or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates" by Ruel Perley Smith is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. This story focuses on the adventures of Jack Harvey, a boy who finds himself drawn into a series of thrilling escapades after he opts to stay in Baltimore while his parents travel to Europe. As he wanders the waterfront, he encounters dubious characters and becomes embroiled in
a plot involving oyster pirates aboard a sneaky vessel. The opening of the narrative introduces Jack Harvey as he bids farewell to his parents at the pier. Jack, feeling a sense of freedom and adventure, inadvertently meets a fellow named Artie Jenkins, who lures him aboard a fishing schooner under false pretenses. After engaging in a moment of heroics by saving a boat from drifting away, Jack is befriended by Jenkins, who has ulterior motives. As the situation escalates, Jack unwittingly signs on to a crew, leading to a tumultuous adventure filled with unexpected challenges as he navigates life aboard the bug-eye, Z. B. Brandt, encountering pirates, betrayal, and danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Smith, Ruel Perley, 1869-1937 |
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| Illustrator | Gowing, Louis D. |
| Title | Jack Harvey's Adventures; or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates |
| Credits |
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Pirates -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Oyster fisheries -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 40396 |
| Release Date | Aug 2, 2012 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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