Books with author R M 1825-1894 Ballantyne

Well do I remember the first time I stumbled upon the Indian village in which he lived. I had set out from Montreal with two trappers to pay a visit to the Labrador coast; we had travelled most of the way in a small Indian canoe, coasting along the northern shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and reconnoitering in the woods for portages to avoid rounding long capes and points of land, and sometimes in search of game; for we depended almost entirely upon our guns for food.(Illustrated)

The story opens with the shipwreck on a Pacific Island of the young friends Ralph Rover and Jack Martin and Peterkin Gray. Despite the pleasurable presence of delicious breadfruit, coconuts, and succulent oysters, the intrepid trio are not alone and they soon witness a battle between rival bands of cannibals led by 'Bloody Bill'. Their lives are placed in serious peril from which only courage and determined pluck can save them.

In this heart-warming tale of love, life, laughter, and tragedy (with some smuggling thrown in for good measure), travel back in time to explore life set amongst the people living near the tin and copper mines of St. Just, Cornwall, in the mid-nineteenth century. During the mid-1860s, R.M. Ballantyne spent more than three months living amongst the Cornish mineworkers of St. Just. There, amidst the dangers of the deep mines, he sets a story of courage, contentment, and adversity, encouraging young readers to be grateful for the many blessings we all enjoy of home and faith. Ballantyne incorporates into his novel many historical facts, producing an exciting and very accurate portrayal of Victorian tin and copper mining and everyday Cornish life.

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The vast wilderness of Africa has inspired R. M. Ballantyne to set plots of several of his novels on the Black Continent; from safari tales and wild animal hunting to political thrillers and stories of tyrant monarch.Table of Contents:The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of AfricaHunting the LionsBlack Ivory: A Tale of Adventures among the Slavers of East Africa The Settler and the Savage: A Tale of Peace and War in South AfricaThe Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of MadagascarBlue Lights: Hot Work in the SoudanThe Middy and the Moors: An Algerine StorySix Months at the Cape

Miles Milton is a prodigal. He struggles with authority and, like the prodigal son in Scripture, must learn the lessons of life the hard way. Through a series of events, he joins the British army for the war in the Sudan, thinking he will experience the good life of adventure and proudly make his way in the world. However, the providential hand of God has prepared a course for young Miles whereby, through the adventures and experiences of life in the blazing heat of the Sudan and among the tribal clans, and while attempting to survive among his enemies, he realizes the folly of his youthful ways. But is it too late?

This meticulously edited Ballantyne collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Novels:The Coral IslandSnowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders)UngavaMartin RattlerThe Dog Crusoe and his MasterThe World of IceThe Gorilla HuntersThe Golden DreamThe Red EricAway in the WildernessFighting the WhalesThe Wild Man of the WestFast in the IceGascoyneThe LifeboatChasing the SunFreaks on the FellsThe LighthouseFighting The FlamesSilver LakeDeep DownShifting WindsHunting the LionsOver the Rocky MountainsSaved by the LifeboatErling the BoldThe Battle and the BreezeThe Cannibal IslandsLost in the ForestDigging for GoldSunk at SeaThe Floating Light of the Goodwin SandsThe Iron HorseThe Norsemen in the WestThe PioneersBlack IvoryLife in the Red BrigadeFort DesolationThe Pirate CityThe Story of the RockRivers of IceUnder the WavesThe Settler and the SavageIn the Track of the TroopsJarwin and CuffyPhilosopher JackPost HasteThe Lonely IslandThe Red Man's RevengeMy Doggie and IThe Giant of the NorthThe Madman and the PirateThe Battery and the BoilerThe Thorogood FamilyThe Young TrawlerDusty Diamonds, Cut and PolishedTwice BoughtThe Island QueenThe Rover of the AndesThe Prairie ChiefThe Lively PollRed RooneyThe Big OtterThe FugitivesBlue LightsThe Middy and the MoorsThe Eagle CliffThe Crew of the Water WagtailBlown to BitsThe Garret and the GardenJeff BensonCharlie to the RescueThe Coxswain's BrideThe Buffalo RunnersThe Hot SwampHunted and HarriedThe Walrus HuntersWrecked but not RuinedChildren's Books:Three Little KittensThe Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's FeastMister FoxThe Life of a ShipMy MotherOther Works:The Hudson's Bay CompanyHandbook to the new GoldfieldsUp in the Clouds: Balloon VoyagesMan on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and ShipsThe Ocean and its WondersSix Months at the CapeBattles with the SeaMemoirs:Personal Reminiscences in Book Making

Three young Englishmen, 15-year-old Ralph Rover, Jack, who is older than him for three years, and the cheerful 14-year-old Peter, were got on a desert island after their ship was wrecked. They made their life in the spirit of Robinson Crusoe, and despite the typhoons, wild boar attacks and hostile visitors to the island, they lived an almost perfect life. The boys made fire by rubbing two sticks and climb the palm trees for coconuts. The boys were building a boat with sails of copra to get to a nearby island, where Jack won the battle of the leader of the tribe Taror. Then the pirates kidnapped Ralph whose adventures continued in the southern islands.

Fifteen-year-old Ralph, mischievous young Peterkin and clever, brave Jack are shipwrecked on a coral reef with only a telescope and a broken pocketknife between them. At first the island seems a paradise, with its plentiful foods and wealth of natural wonders. But then a party of cannibals arrives, and after that a pirate ship...what is to become of them?