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The wanderings of Tom Starboard, or, The life of a sailor : his voyages and travels, perils and adventures, by sea and land
The wanderings of Tom Starboard, or, The life of a sailor : his voyages and travels, perils and adventures, by sea and land
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The wanderings of Tom Starboard, or, The life of a sailor : his voyages and travels, perils and adventures, by sea and land

Date1830
Alternate Title
  • Life of a sailor
Format
Notes
Steel-engraved frontispiece and five plates dated: Decr. 1830.
Tom Starboard (the name adopted by Charles Granville when he ran away to sea) was able to rescue the wife and children of a boyhood friend when their ship bound for India was wrecked on a rocky island.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm (6 7/8 in. x 4 15/16 in.)
Extent
  • 295 pages, 6 unpaginated leaves of plates : illustrations
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048618466D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2247822
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1809
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