The coral island : a tale of the Pacific Ocean

Date:

1858.

Author:

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH B 188 C6 LOCAL

Publisher:

T. Nelson and Sons

Abstract:

Three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create an idyllic society despite typhoons, wild hogs, and hostile visitors. Then evil pirates kidnap one of the youths whose adventures continue among the South Sea Islands.

Physical Description:

438, [2] pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm (8vo)

Notes:

Last leaf (2E4) is blank.

Subjects:

Boys Conduct of life Juvenile fiction, Shipwrecks Juvenile fiction, Shipwreck survival Juvenile fiction, Missionaries Juvenile fiction, Pirates Juvenile fiction, Shipwrecks Fiction, Survival Fiction, Adventure and adventurers Fiction, Shipwrecks, Boys Conduct of life, Islands, Missionaries, Pirates, and Shipwreck survival

Genres/Forms:

Adventure fiction. gsafd, Fiction, and Juvenile works

Geographic Terms:

Islands of the Pacific Juvenile fiction, Oceania Juvenile fiction, Islands Fiction, Pacific Ocean Islands of the Pacific, and Oceania