Title: The Adventures of Captain Horn
Description: Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard, her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage, and she was rolling in the trough of the sea, with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides.
Subjects: Classic Literature, Fiction, Thriller, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, sea stories, Adventure stories, Voyages and travels, Juvenile fiction, Shipwrecks, Ship captains, Sailors, Brothers and sisters, Treasure troves, Outdoor life, Brigands and robbers, Youth, Conduct of life