Tom Cringle's Log

by Michael Scott

Overview

At thirteen, Tom Cringle enters the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Assigned at first to service in home water, Tom is soon transferred to the exotic Caribbean where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave running are the order of the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780935526516
Publisher:	Mcbooks Press
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Series:	Classics of Naval Fiction
Edition description:	None ed.
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.49(d)

About the Author

Michael Scott (1789-1835) was a Scottish merchant who migrated to the West Indies. He first published these stories in serial form in Blackwood's Magazine from 1829 to 1833.

Editorial Reviews

"Said to rank with or surpass . . . Cooper and Marryat."  —The World's Best Books



"One of the most accurate pictures of West Indian life, both afloat and on shore, during the early part of the nineteenth century."  —Reader's Digest of Books

From the Publisher

"One of the most accurate pictures of West Indian life, both afloat and on shore, during the early part of the nineteenth century." (Reader's Digest of Books)

Reader's Digest Books

The title character of this 1834 novel is a midshipman serving aboard the HMS Torch. The episodic story follows his adventures both on land and sea. Fans of historical action fiction should find this fun. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

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