The Mutineers - Charles Boardman Hawes

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Résumé :
An early twentieth-century American sea adventure in which discipline falters and character is tested against the unforgiving demands of the ocean. In The Mutineers, Charles Boardman Hawes presents a maritime coming-of-age narrative shaped by tension, authority, and moral decision. A voyage at sea becomes unsettled when dissatisfaction spreads among the crew, placing young protagonists in the midst of divided loyalties and rising unrest. Hawes renders shipboard life with clarity and restraint, depicting the rigid hierarchy and practical realities that govern life afloat. The sea is not romantic backdrop but active force-isolating, exacting, and indifferent. As discipline weakens and conflict intensifies, the novel examines responsibility, courage, and the cost of fractured command. Representative of early twentieth-century American sea adventure and Newbery-era adventure fiction, The Mutineers stands as a controlled and enduring example of classic maritime storytelling. Explore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery....

Biographie:
Charles Boardman Hawes (1889-1923) was an American novelist whose maritime fiction helped define early twentieth-century sea adventure literature. Drawing upon firsthand experience at sea, Hawes combined disciplined plotting with realistic depictions of shipboard life. His work is associated with the formative years of the Newbery Medal and remains a respected contribution to American adventure fiction....

Sommaire:
events so subtle as perhaps to seem an unimportant part of this narrative of a strange voyage, yet really as necessary to the foundation of the story as the single bricks and the single dabs of mortar at the base of a tall chimney are necessary to the completed structure. I later had cause to remember each trivial incident as if it had been written in letters of fire. Adventure on the High Seas....