The Island of Appledore (1917)
by Adair Aldon, illustrated by W. B. King

Cornelia Meigs writing as Adair Aldon. “To spend the summer on a little two-by-four island with an old-maid aunt,” was his bitter reflection. …

He strolled aimlessly along the path which he had been told led to “Cap’n Saulsby’s little house down on the point.” There was a vague desire in his mind to look upon a live sea-captain since he had never seen one before. He had no thought, as he walked slowly between the two big trees, that they marked the door to a new phase in his life, that they were to prove the entrance to adventures and perils of an unknown kind. …

Adair AldonW. B. King2552663The Island of Appledore1917

The boy had learned much of odd-sounding names and strange sea terms

THE ISLAND OF
APPLEDORE

BY
Adair Aldon


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
By W. B. KING


New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1917

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1917
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY


Set up and electrotyped. Published, September, 1917.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. The boy had learned much of odd-sounding names and strange sea terms Frontispiece
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  3. “Why,” gasped Billy, “it must have been the Flying Dutchman 68
  4. Johann shook his head in mute anguish 132
  5. “Would you believe it, there were two boys that put to sea right in the face of it?” 202


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