A YEAR IN A YAWL
Reading edition
BOOKS BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE
CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE
A YEAR IN A YAWL
The True Adventure Series
“‘WE ARE UNDER WAY AT LAST.’”
A YEAR IN A YAWL
A TRUE TALE OF THE
ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS
IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL
BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY
FROM THE LOG OF
CAPT. RANSOM
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1906
Copyright, 1901, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
OCTOBER, 1901.
CONTENTS
I. The Launching of the Scheme
II. The Launching of the Boat
III. Outward Bound
IV. An Adventure in St. Louis
V. A Perilous Situation
VI. An Arctic Adventure
VII. Sailing with Frozen Rigging
VIII. An Icy Storm off “Sunny” Baton Rouge
IX. On Salt Water at Last
X. Riding a Monster Turtle
XI. Lost on Captive Island
XII. Fighting a Man-eating Shark
XIII. A Thrilling Fourth of July Celebration
XIV. A Race with a Gale
XV. Captured by “Liberty”
XVI. From New York to Albany
XVII. Along the “Raging Canal”
XVIII. In the Grip of Iron and Stone
XIX. A Stormy Night on a Sinking Pile-Driver
XX. Homeward Bound