Dick Sands, the Boy Captain: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Verne, Jules (1828–1905). The listed translation credits are Frewer, Ellen E. (Ellen Elizabeth) (1848–1940).

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"Dick Sands, the Boy Captain" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1878. When a whaling expedition goes tragically wrong, fifteen-year-old Dick Sand must command a ship with no experienced crew. Through the treachery of the ship's cook, the vessel is secretly diverted to Africa instead of South America, where Dick and his passengers—including a woman, her young son, and several African survivors—find themselves trapped in the brutal world of the slave trade. A tale of courage, deception, and survival unfolds.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
• Author credits: Verne, Jules (1828–1905)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Frewer, Ellen E. (Ellen Elizabeth) (1848–1940)

Catalogue subjects

• Adventure stories
• Cooks -- Fiction
• Enslaved persons -- Fiction
• Sailors -- Fiction
• Ship captains -- Fiction
• Voyages and travels -- Fiction
• Whales -- Fiction

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• Category: Adventure
• Category: Novels

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