The Red Eric - Softcover

R M Ballantyne, M Ballantyne; R M Ballantyne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 142189677X ISBN 13: 9781421896779

Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

Synopsis

Captain Dunning stood with his back to the fireplace in the back-parlour of a temperance coffee-house in a certain town on the eastern seaboard of America. The name of that town is unimportant, and, for reasons with which the reader has nothing to do, we do not mean to disclose it. Captain Dunning, besides being the owner and commander of a South Sea whale-ship, was the owner of a large burly body, a pair of broad shoulders, a pair of immense red whiskers that met under his chin, a short, red little nose, a large firm mouth, and a pair of light-blue eyes, which, according to their owner's mood, could flash like those of a tiger or twinkle sweetly like the eyes of a laughing child. But his eyes seldom flashed; they more frequently twinkled, for the captain was the very soul of kindliness and good-humour. Yet he was abrupt and sharp in his manner, so that superficial observers sometimes said he was hasty.

About this title

About the Author

In 1856 Ballantyne gave up job working for a publishing firm to focus on his literary career and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Coral Island (1857) and more than 100 other books followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.

Edition details

• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 142189677X
• ISBN 13: 9781421896779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: 1st World Library