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Gascoyne, the Sandal Wood Trader
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781434436719
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Apr 4 2025
Pages: 314
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Set among the volatile islands of the Pacific, Gascoyne, the Sandal Wood Trader follows a young man's journey through danger, deception, and discovery as he navigates both the perils of the sea and the moral complexities of empire. With its vivid settings, high-stakes action, and underlying themes of redemption and character, the novel captures the spirit of 19th-century adventure fiction while posing deeper questions about honor, trust, and transformation.
R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
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