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Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life
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Title: Captain Brand of the "Centipede"
A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life
Author: H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
Release Date: June 5, 2009 [eBook #29047]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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CAPTAIN BRAND.
CAPTAIN BRAND,
OF THE
“CENTIPEDE.”
A PIRATE OF EMINENCE IN THE WEST INDIES:
His Loves and Exploits,
together with some account of the singular manner
by which he departed this life.
by
HARRY GRINGO,
(H. A. WISE, U.S.N.),
author of “los gringos,” “tales for the marines,” and “scampavias.”
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“Our God and sailors we alike adore, |
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
franklin square.
1864.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, by
harper & brothers,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS
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Part I |
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CHAPTER |
PAGE |
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| I. | Spreading the Strands | 5 |
| II. | Calm | 7 |
| III. | High Noon | 15 |
| IV. | Sunset | 21 |
| V. | Darkness | 24 |
| VI. | Danger | 33 |
| VII. | The Meeting and Mourning | 42 |
| VIII. | Captain Brand at Home | 44 |
| IX. | Captain and Mate | 53 |
| X. | An Old Spaniard with One Eye | 61 |
| XI. | Conversation in Pockets and Sleeves | 69 |
| XII. | Doctor and Priest | 73 |
| XIII. | A Manly Fandango | 79 |