Title:
The dark frigate / by Charles Boardman Hawes ; decorations by Warren Chappell.
Author:
Hawes, Charles Boardman, 1889-1923.
Publication Information:
Boston : Little, Brown, [1996], c1971.
Call Number:
PS3515.A82 D3 1996
Abstract:
A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew.
Local Note:
Newbery Medal
ISBN:
9780316350099
9781435207349
Physical Description:
xiii, 246 p. ; 19 cm.
General Note:
Introduction by Lloyd Alexander.
"Wherein is told the story of Philip Marsham who lived in the time of King Charles and was bred a sailor but came home to England after many hazards by sea and land and fought for the King at Newbury and lost a great inheritance and departed for Barbados in the same ship, by curious chance, in which he had long before adventured with the pirates."
Personal Author:
Reading Level:
Ages 12 and up.
Award Note:
