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| Genre/Form: | Fiction Juvenile fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sid Fleischman |
| ISBN: | 0060742380 9780060742386 0060742399 9780060742393 |
| OCLC Number: | 54929760 |
| Notes: | Gift of Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Omega Chapter International Honor Society in Education. |
| Description: | 194 p. ; ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The Giant Rat of Sumatra pokes its nose off the coast of California, and things begin to happen -- Of piranha fish and a room full of villains -- In which One-Arm Ginger tips his hand, and I get an earful -- Desperate events aboard The Giant Rat, and a bucket of whale oil -- Regarding the fate of The Giant Rat and other important matters -- Containing one surprise after another -- In which a pile of rubble bursts apart, and what jumps out -- And then what happened -- Containing various matters, including an unpleasant stowaway -- In which appears the lady in velvet, and Captain Gallows loses his boots -- In which the tall Mexican talks more than necessary -- Containing an excess of villains and a kick in the dirt -- In which I keep my eyes peeled, and the judge gives a hopeless shrug -- In which Sam'l Spoons returns, and a dead man rises from the deep -- A whaling ship blunders in, and I peel off my jacket -- Containing a full account of the notorious duel and how it ended -- Containing a sprinkle of rain and news of Candalaria -- Enter the man with fleas in his beard -- In which news arrives and I leave -- In which villains spring forth and amazements abound -- Being full of derring-do and daring don't -- How the bold Giant Rat of Sumatra met her fate, and history was made -- Containing all manner of things, including the secret of Don Simplicio -- In which Candalaria returns, and surprises lurk about -- Being full of emeralds and punishments and a scruffy ship homeward bound -- Author's Note: In which the ink-stained writer confesses, and a trilogy is revealed before your eyes. |
| Other Titles: | Pirates galore |
| Responsibility: | by Sid Fleischman ; illustrations by John Hendrix. |
Abstract:
A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States and Mexico.
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