The adventures of Captain Horn

Description:

Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard, her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage, and she was rolling in the trough of the sea, with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides.

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Thriller,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Fiction, sea stories,  Adventure stories,  Voyages and travels,  Juvenile fiction,  Shipwrecks,  Ship captains,  Sailors,  Brothers and sisters,  Treasure troves,  Outdoor life,  Brigands and robbers,  Youth,  Conduct of life