The Lifeboat

The Lifeboat

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


This ebook presents «The Lifeboat», from R. M. Ballantyne. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- The Beginning

-03- In Which more Important Personages are Introduced

-04- Rather Exciting Circumstances

-05- Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before

-06- The Gale—False Economy and its Results—A Wreck on the Goodwin Sands

-07- Heroes of the Kentish Coast—The Lifeboat—The Rescue

-08- The Widow’s Cottage

-09- The Living Left Among the Dead

-10- Unbusinesslike Proceedings in The Office

-11- The Hovel on Deal Beach

-12- The Smugglers’ Cave

-13- The Storm

-14- Saving the Passengers and Crew

-15- The Morning after the Storm

-16- Relates to Love, Cross Purposes and Mistakes

-17- Tommy Bogey forms a Mighty Resolve

-18- Dark Deeds are done upon the Sea

-19- The Antipodes

-20- Denham Longs for Fresh Air, and Finds it

-21- A Fire at Sea

-22- Mysterious Doings

-23- The Storm and the Wreck

-24- History of the Lifeboat

-25- A Meeting—A Death, and a Discovery

-26- The Conclusion