R. M. Ballantyne was a prolific author, whose most famous novel ‘The Coral Island’ helped change the course of children’s literature. This comprehensive eBook presents Ballantyne’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
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Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ballantyne’s life and works
* ALL 84 novels and novellas, ALL with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Famous works such as THE CORAL ISLAND are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Includes Ballantyne’s rare Nursery Tales published under the pseudonym Comus – fully illustrated, with many appearing here for the first time in digital publishing
* A selection of non-fiction, including the rare THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ENSIGN SOPHT, LATE OF THE VOLUNTEERS, available in no other collection and fully illustrated
* Features Ballantyne’s autobiography PERSONAL REMINISCENES IN BOOKEEPING - discover Ballantyne’s intriguing life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: no known copies of the last novel Reuben's Luck are available at the time of this collection's publication. As soon as we are able to locate a copy of this scarce work, it will be added to the collection as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
The Novels and Novellas
SNOWFLAKES AND SUNBEAMS
THE CORAL ISLAND
MARTIN RATTLER
UNGAVA
THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER
THE GOLDEN DREAM
THE WORLD OF ICE
THE GORILLA HUNTERS
THE RED ERIC
AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS
FIGHTING THE WHALES
MAN ON THE OCEAN
FAST IN THE ICE
THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST
CHASING THE SUN
GASCOYNE: THE SANDAL-WOOD TRADER
THE LIFEBOAT
FREAKS ON THE FELLS
THE LIGHTHOUSE
SHIFTING WINDS
A RESCUE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
SILVER LAKE
FIGHTING THE FLAMES
DEEP DOWN
ERLING THE BOLD
LOST IN THE FOREST
SAVED BY THE LIFEBOAT
SUNK AT SEA
OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
UP IN THE CLOUDS
THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS
HUNTING THE LIONS
THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDS
THE IRON HORSE
THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST
THE PIONEERS
LIFE IN THE RED BRIGADE
BLACK IVORY
FORT DESOLATION
THE OCEAN AND ITS WONDERS
THE PIRATE CITY
RIVERS OF ICE
THE STORY OF THE ROCK
WRECKED BUT NOT RUINED
UNDER THE WAVES
THE SETTLER AND THE SAVAGE
IN THE TRACK OF THE TROOPS
JARWIN AND CUFFY
DIGGING FOR GOLD
SIX MONTHS AT THE CAPE
THE LONELY ISLAND
PHILOSOPHER JACK
POST HASTE
THE RED MAN’S REVENGE
THE GIANT OF THE NORTH
MY DOGGIE AND I
THE BATTERY AND THE BOILER
BATTLES WITH THE SEA
THE MADMAN AND THE PIRATE
THE THOROUGHGOOD FAMILY
DUSTY DIAMONDS, CUT AND POLISHED
THE YOUNG TRAWLER
THE ISLAND QUEEN
THE ROVER OF THE ANDES
TWICE BOUGHT
THE PRAIRIE CHIEF
RED ROONEY
THE LIVELY POLL
THE FUGITIVES
THE BIG OTTER
BLUE LIGHTS
THE MIDDY AND THE MOORS
BLOWN TO BITS
THE CREW OF THE WATER WAGTAIL
THE EAGLE CLIFF
CHARLIE TO THE RESCUE
THE GARRET AND THE GARDEN
JEFF BENSON
THE BUFFALO RUNNERS
THE COXSWAIN’S BRIDE
THE HOT SWAMP
HUNTED AND HARRIED
THE WALRUS HUNTERS
The Nursery Tales
THREE LITTLE KITTENS
THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER’S FEAST
MISTER FOX
THE LIFE OF A SHIP, FROM THE LAUNCH TO THE WRECK
MY MOTHER
THE ROBBER KITTEN
The Non-Fiction
HUDSON’S BAY
HANDBOOK TO THE NEW GOLDFIELDS
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ENSIGN SOPHT, LATE OF THE VOLUNTEERS
The Autobiography
PERSONAL REMINISCENES IN BOOKEEPING
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