[COMPLETE] The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific by Harry Collingwood - tg

OliverBoliver · Post by **OliverBoliver** » March 27th, 2020, 8:15 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑March 27th, 2020, 5:07 pm I will need a summary/intro for the catalog for this.

If there is no available summary/intro, is it appropriate for me to write one? I'm not much of a writer, but if that's the process, I'll give it a go.

OliverBoliver · Post by **OliverBoliver** » March 27th, 2020, 8:21 pm

Here is a summary created by Barnes & Noble.

The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific by Harry Collingwood and Illustrated by C.J. Staniland and J. R. Wells, first published in 1884.

A very exciting story. It starts with a severe gale on the Essex coast of England. A rescue is effected, as a result of which one of the local fishermen generously adopts an orphan boy they find on the sinking ship.

Years later a number of young people set out on a return voyage by sea to Australia. On the return voyage there is a disastrous fire on board their ship, the Galatea, as a result of which they and the crew take to the boats.

They are rescued by a vessel that turns out to be a pirate ship, the captain of which takes them to his island, where he has a number of ships of various kinds that he has captured.

Harry Collingwood (1851-1922). Pseudonym of William Joseph Cosens Lancaster, a civil engineer who specialised in seas and harbours.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 28th, 2020, 7:18 am

Sorry - I should have clarified. The intro/summary needs to either be written by you (or someone else around here) or from a PD source. I'm thinking B&N wouldn't appreciate our propagating their blurb all over the internet.

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » March 28th, 2020, 7:29 am

And ch. 20 is PL OK!

Whoop! Whoop!

You've recorded a very fine addition for our Catalog - adventures in every chapter. Thanks so much for letting me be DPL!

OliverBoliver · Post by **OliverBoliver** » March 28th, 2020, 11:19 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑March 28th, 2020, 7:18 am Sorry - I should have clarified. The intro/summary needs to either be written by you (or someone else around here) or from a PD source. I'm thinking B&N wouldn't appreciate our propagating their blurb all over the internet.

I figured that was the case.

I'll try to work something up today.

OliverBoliver · Post by **OliverBoliver** » March 28th, 2020, 11:31 am

Tricia, how about this? Lynette am I giving too much away?

A story of sea-faring adventure including a shipwreck with a daring rescue, a ship fire and a close escape, pirates and enslavement, gold, danger, redemption and a desperate bid for freedom. There is excitement in every chapter in this harrowing tale of the crew and passengers of the Galatea as they voyage England to Australia and back.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 28th, 2020, 11:47 am

*I* think it sounds great!

Post by **TriciaG** » March 28th, 2020, 1:15 pm

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-pirate-island-by-harry-collingwood/

Congratulations on your first solo!

LCaulkins · Post by **LCaulkins** » March 28th, 2020, 2:51 pm

That's a great summary. Listeners will know it's a swashbuckler.