Sackett's land
By: Louis L'Amour.
Series: A Bantam book
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780553276862
Subjects: Western stories.
Description: This is the first half of the story of Barnabus, the patriarch of the Sackett clan, and his migration to North America in 1600.  His saga begins when he discovers a purse of gold coins in the mud of Devil's Dyke in Finland.   On the run from English authorities, he meets and marries Abigail Tempany, the daughter of a sea captain.  Nick Bardle, the master of a merchant vessel, the Jolly Jack, is half pirate, ready to take any advantage of any activity promising a profit.  He shanghais Barnabus, intending to lose him overboard somewhere en route to the Indies.  Barnabus proves too good a seaman to waste, and his murder is delayed too long.  He and others escape and travel inland.