{"product_id":"2940016008387","title":"Adventures Of Uncle Sam's Sailors","description":"From the true stories of Commander Robert E. Peary’s travels in the Arctic, to narratives of naval actions world-wide, to fictional stories of brave boy-sailors’ heroics and danger on the high seas, these tales are sure to entertain younger readers and adults as well; and especially anyone with an interest in U.S. Naval history.  This book was originally published as part of the Harpers Adventure Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the authors include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommander Robert E. Peary, U.S.N.: American Arctic explorer and later rising to the commission of Rear Admiral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain A. V. Wadhams, U.S.N.: also served as Superintendant of the State University of New York Maritime College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMolly Elliot Seawell: an American historian and writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Matthews: author and newspaper columnist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirk Munroe: newspaper reporter and editor of Harpers Young People magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Ledyard Norton: American writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger Starbuck: pen name of American writer Augustus Comstock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Drysdale: American author and journalist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYates Stirling: a Rear Admiral in the U. S. Navy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis eBook edition was carefully prepared by referring to an original text to correct scanning errors that are common in other versions. Old spellings and word usages have been preserved, but obvious spelling and other typesetting mistakes in the original have been corrected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was prepared and edited by Snazz eBooks™.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal cover design and other original content of this edition are Copyright © 2013 by Snazz eBooks™. All rights reserved. No reproduction by any means is allowed without permission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost immediately one of our own chains was carried away; it tore along over the deck and into the sea, resembling in its move¬ments a very serpent of fire. Our other chain held, but so strong had the rush of water become that we dragged the one anchor left and its hundred fathoms of cable as though it was never intended to hold us in any one spot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Both vessels were adrift, at the mercy of the currents and counter-currents that were displaying such gigantic power. At one time we flew past each other so closely that one could have tossed a biscuit from one deck to the other. If we had collided we must have sunk then and there. We were driven seaward, only to be torn back towards the shore. In and out, hither and thither, we were carried, until finally we struck broadside on with a terrible thump. The sea swept over us, and inland far beyond, then out again, leaving us stranded...","brand":"Snazz eBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153143578864,"sku":"2940016008387","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016008387_p0.jpg?v=1763627283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016008387","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}