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Captain Horatio Hornblower: a condensation of Beat to Quarters
(Reader’s Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers Volume Three)
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| Author(s): | Charlotte Brontë Richard Evelyn Byrd C. S. Forester Mary O’Hara |
| Illustrator(s): | James E. Bama |
| Publisher(s): | Readers Digest Association, Inc |
| Year Published: | 1966 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure American Boys Growing Up British Exploration - Polar Fiction - Novel Horses Romance Travel and Exploration |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 573 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| This is an | Anthology |
| OCLC: | 366798048 |
Description
This condensed version of Beat to Quarters is illustrated. The other contents of the volume include My Friend Flicka, Jane Eyre, and Alone.
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Beat to Quarters (1937)
Captain Horatio Hornblower of the Lydia defeats the Spanish Natividad -- twice.
Jane Eyre (1938)
Jane is abused as a child by her aunt and at school and develops a philosophy of radical self-centeredness. One of the first modern novels.
My Friend Flicka (1941)
The story of an eleven year old boy whose one intense desire is that he have a colt of his own. At last his wish is granted, and he chooses his yearling, against all advice. The story is centered on the process of winning 'Flicka' and of proving the rightness of his choice.
This is the first book in a series.
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