Kit Silburn starts out on a black steamship lying at a Brooklyn wharf, sails to Yucatan, rides out a norther in the Gulf of Mexico, and is promoted to supercargo, the officer responsible for a ship’s cargo and business. A burglar in the cabin and news of a wrecked schooner draw him into a mystery.
A solid merchant-marine story for boys, full of the practical detail of trading voyages around 1900. Download the free EPUB.