Young Adventures by - Harry Collingwood

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You know C. S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian, Douglas Reeman (writing as Alexander Kent)? When those guys were kids they were reading Harry Collingwood.

Well, okay. I can't actually prove that. But if they weren't, they should have been!

You could accuse Harry Collingwood of telling the same six stories over and over again, and you would have a point. It's all pirates and privateers, broadsides and boarding, shipwrecks and maroonings. But when the salty yarns are spun so well the familiarity just adds to the pleasure. Collingwood not only has that nautical jargon down cold, he also describes the scene in such detail that the reader can truly be immersed in the setting. And he does this without slowing the action down one whit. Don't ask me how; if I knew how to do that I'd be writing for a living!

I made an attempt to organize the extensive Collingwood catalog by similar subject matter. All of these titles are available at Project Gutenberg, with many of them also living here at MobileRead. Mr. Collingwood (actually William Joseph Cosens Lancaster) mustered out in 1922, so no copyright worries here. Enjoy!

Harry Collingwood Titles

1 – On the Spanish Main
• Across the Spanish Main
• Two Gallant Sons of Devon
• The Cruise of the "Nonsuch" Buccaneer
• A Middy of the King
• The Log of a Privateersman

2 – Off Cuban Shores
• A Pirate of the Caribbees
• The Voyage of the “Aurora”
• The Rover's Secret
• The Cruise of the “Thetis”

3 – Against Slavery
• The Pirate Slaver
• A Middy of the Slave Squadron
• A Middy in Command
• The Congo Rovers

4 – In Southern Seas
• Dick Leslie's Luck
• The Castaways
• Turned Adrift
• The Missing Merchantman

5 – Across the Broad Pacific
• The Pirate Island
• The First Mate
• Overdue: The Story of a Missing Ship
• The Wreck of the “Andromeda”

6 – Under Foreign Flags
• Under the Meteor Flag
• A Chinese Command
• Under the Chilian Flag
• Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun

7 – Expeditions Ashore
• In Search of El Dorado
• Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
• The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa
• Through Veld and Forest

8 – Treasure Hunts
• For Treasure Bound
• The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"
• The Secret of the Sands

9 – Flights of Fancy
• The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn
• With Airship and Submarine
• The Log of the Flying Fish