Free eBook

Poor Jack

By Frederick Marryat

2019-06-15 01:03:18

It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in Greenwich, London in the early 19th century. ("Poor Jack" was the title given by the waterfront boys, or mudlarks, to their chief.) In ... Read more
It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in Greenwich, London in the early 19th century. ("Poor Jack" was the title given by the waterfront boys, or mudlarks, to their chief.) In a rags-to-riches story Saunders eventually rises by his own efforts to become a pilot on the Thames, makes his fortune and retires to the life of a wealthy squire. Less

Book Details

File size840.8 KB
Print pages386
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2010-08-27
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1722609634
Captain Frederick Marryat CB FRS (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, ...

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free