The Boy Tar (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1409946975 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Will Roberts said A very interestingly written book. The Boy Tar features a young, English boy who loves everything to do with the water. He loves sailing, boating, and swimming. His love of the sea eventually leads him into formulating a plan in which he will stow away on a ship sailing across the Atlantic, wait until the ship has gone out far enough, and emerge from his hiding where he will eventually work his way to be accepted by the sailors who before laughed at him. So he made it on the ship, . The story is great, but this print is awful The story is great, but this print is awful.It is 100 8.5"x11" pages bound together. Yes it says it in the product description, but who reads that?If I wanted this, I would have printed the kindle version. Which would have been free. Bad Amazon. Bad.
Reid had his first poem published in Godey's Lady's Book under the pseudonym "A Poor Scholar". Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were The Rifle Rangers (1850), Scalp Hunters (1851), Boy Hunters (1853), War Trail (1851), Boy Tar (1859), and Headless Horseman (1865/6).. Books such as The Young Voyagers (1853) had great popularity, especially with boys. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson