{"product_id":"2940149774623","title":"Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story","description":"Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story, From The French of François Édouard Raynal (F E. Raynal). Published in London in 1874. (363 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is F. E. Raynal’s epic account of the wreck of the Grafton and the five castaways’ survival on Auckland Island helped make castaway stories important in maritime folklore. Raynal’s account, first published in French in 1870 and in English in 1874, was used by Jules Verne for his book \"Mysterious Island.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface:\u003cbr\u003eTHE following pages are translated irom a French narrative of much interest, \"Les Naufragés des Auckland Iles,\" which records the adventures of a small company of shipwrecked seamen on one of that little-known group. The story is graphically related, but, apparently, without any attempt at exaggeration; and if it contains no \"hair-breadth 'scapes\" or \"wonderful adventures,\" it is full of instructive details, while by no means deficient in \"wholesome excitement.\" To the young, its Robinson Crusoe-like character will unquestionably prove attractive; and they will have the satisfaction of knowing, while they read, that their sympathies are not stirred by the consummate skill of a master of romance, but by the force of a true tale plainly told. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter I.\u003cbr\u003e       OBJECT OF OUR EXPEDITION  —  THE SCHOONER \"GRAFTON\"  —  OUR DEPARTURE\u003cbr\u003eChapter II.\u003cbr\u003e       MY COMRADES  —  A TEMPEST  —  WE ARRIVE AT CAMPBELL ISLAND\u003cbr\u003eChapter III.\u003cbr\u003e       USELESSNESS OF OUR EXPLORATIONS  —  I AM TAKEN ILL  —  WE LEAVE CAMPBELL ISLAND\u003cbr\u003eChapter IV.\u003cbr\u003e       APPEARANCE OF THE SEALS — THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS —  A NIGHT OF ANGUISH — THE SHIPWRECK \u003cbr\u003eChapter V.\u003cbr\u003e       A MOMENT OF DESPAIR — OUR ENCAMPMENT — A COMBAT OF SEA-LIONS — CAPTURE OF ONE OF THESE ANIMALS\u003cbr\u003eChapter VI.\u003cbr\u003e       THE BLUE FLIES — OUR BIRDS  —  OUR FIRST JOINT OF ROAST MEAT — WE PROJECT THE BUILDING OF A HOUSE — COMMON PRAYER\u003cbr\u003eChapter VII.\u003cbr\u003e       BUILDING OF THE FRAMEWORK AND CHIMNEY OF OUR HUT — VISIT TO THE WEST CHANNEL,  AND TO THE MONUMENT ISLAND\u003cbr\u003eChapter VIII.\u003cbr\u003e       COMPLETION OF OUR HUT — I MANUFACTURE SOME SOAP — FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN — ERECTION OF A SIGNAL-POST — THE CORMORANTS\u003cbr\u003eChapter IX.\u003cbr\u003e       A MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS — OUR FURNITURE — ADOPTION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS — THE EVENING SCHOOL — OUR PASTIMES\u003cbr\u003eChapter X.\u003cbr\u003e       A GRINDSTONE — THE CHARTS — A TEMPTATION — VISIT TO THE EIGHT ISLAND — THE PATRIARCH OF THE PHOCÆ\u003cbr\u003eChapter XI.\u003cbr\u003e       WE ERECT ANOTHER SIGNAL — A NEW DISH — MY REASONS FOR GIVING UP BEER — OUR PARROQUETS — DOGS IN THE ISLAND\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIl.\u003cbr\u003e       A  NIGHT IN THE OPEN AIR — I UNDERTAKE TO TAN THE SKINS OF THE SEA-LIONS\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIII.\u003cbr\u003e       THE SNOW-STORM —  MIGRATION OF THE SEALS —  DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY, ROYAL TOM —  THE AURORA AUSTALIS, OR \"SOUTHERN LIGHTS\" —  A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIV.\u003cbr\u003e       EXCURSION TO THE WEST CHANNEL — DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ENCAMPMENT — SHIPWRECKS\u003cbr\u003eChapter XV.\u003cbr\u003e       DISTRESS — IN THE RECESSES OF THE GULF — RETURN OF PLENTY — A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVI.\u003cbr\u003e       THE PEAK OF THE CAVERN —  WE ARE SURPRISED IN A THICK MIST —  VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HARBOUR — THE CURRANTS — AN IMPRACTICABLE IDEA\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVII.\u003cbr\u003e       MY EXPERIENCES AS A BOOT AND SHOE MAKER — OUR DESPAIRING CONJECTURES — RETURN OF THE SUMMER SEASON — OUR GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES\u003cbr\u003eChapter XVIII.\u003cbr\u003e       PROJECT OF DELIVERANCE — INVENTION AND ERECTION OF A FORGE-BELLOWS — DEVOTION OF EVERYBODY TO THE COMMON WORK\u003cbr\u003eChapter XIX.\u003cbr\u003e       MANUFACTURING OUR TOOLS — WE RESOVLE ON ADOPTING A NEW PLAN\u003cbr\u003eChapter XX.\u003cbr\u003e       COMPLETION AND LAUNCH OF THE BOAT — A SEPARATION\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXI.\u003cbr\u003e       STORMS AND FAMINE — LAND! — WB  DISEMBARK AT PORT ADVENTURE — OUR REMOVAL TO INVERCARGILL\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXII.\u003cbr\u003e       MUSGRAVE RETURNS TO THE AUCKLANDS, AND BRINGS BACK OUR TWO COMPANIONS — NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE — THE DEAD BODY AT PORT ROSS\u003cbr\u003eChapter XXIII.\u003cbr\u003e       DEPARTURE FOR SYDNEY —  WE PUT INTO PORT CHALMERS — THE MYSTERY OF PORT ROSS ID EXPLAINED — I RETURN TO FRANCE\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. I.\u003cbr\u003e       NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE \"INVERCAULD\" AMONG THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS, BY CAPTAIN DELGARNO\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. Il.\u003cbr\u003e       WRECK OF THE SHIP \"GENERAL GRANT\" — SIXTY-EIGHT DEAD — TEN SURVIVORS CONFINED.\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. IIl.\u003cbr\u003eTHE SEA-LIONS\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. IV.\u003cbr\u003ePROOF OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE FOREGOING NARRATIVE\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Digital Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163373191408,"sku":"2940149774623","price":5.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149774623_p0.jpg?v=1763722689","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149774623","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}