The loss of the Swansea : A story of the Florida coast by W. L. Alden
"The loss of the Swansea: A story of the Florida coast" by W. L. Alden is a seafaring adventure novel for young readers written in the late 19th century. It follows Bristol brothers Jack and Tom, cast onto the Florida coast after a mutiny on the brig Swansea, as they face pirates, wild country, secret caves, and the lure of hidden treasure alongside a weathered ex-pirate ally. The opening of the story
finds the orphaned brothers bound for America on the Swansea, where the drink-weakened Captain Fearing is overthrown by his mate, John March. Set adrift with the captain, the boys reach a Florida inlet, discover an abandoned pirate fort and a glittering cave, and endure a night of rattlesnakes and panthers. When another pirate gang appears and murders Fearing, the boys flee into the cave, are swept by an underground river to a hidden pool, and meet Bill Catchley, a marooned former pirate. With Bill’s help they blast open Blackbeard’s iron gate, wander a labyrinth, and narrowly find daylight again. They then slip upriver, steal back a boat, and push into the Everglades, where Bill reveals a long-buried treasure he once nearly unearthed. As they begin to dig at the marked spot, six armed Indians emerge and seize them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Alden, W. L. (William Livingston), 1837-1908 |
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| Illustrator | Small, F. O. (Frank O.), 1860-1915 |
| Title | The loss of the Swansea : A story of the Florida coast |
| Original Publication | Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1889. |
| Credits | Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Pirates -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Sailing -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Brothers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Caves -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mutiny -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Prisoners -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Everglades (Fla.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76536 |
| Release Date | Jul 20, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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