For Treasure Bound

by Harry Collingwood

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264 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2007

About the author

William Joseph Cosens Lancaster

1851-1922

Reviews

[MrKillick · Rating 4 out of 5]

eher 3 1/2 Punkte als runde 4, aber nichts desto trotz ein gutes Buch für jeden, der ein ordentlich gesponnenes Seemannsgarn liebt.

Ich habe es direkt nach Stevensons "Schatzinsel" gelesen, und natürlich merkt man den Unterschied zwischen einem Großliteraten (der es vielleicht nicht ganz so mit der Nautik hatte) und einem schriftstellernden Ingenieur, dessen Charakterstudien vielleicht etwas hölzern daher kommen, dessen Nautik aber erste Sahne ist.

Was den Leser erwartet: eine Schatzinsel im Pazifik, Meuterei, Schiffbruch und Piraten; ein Segeltörn um Kap Hoorn in einer selbstentworfenen Yacht nach dem (damals) neusten Stand der Technik, ehrenwerte Engländer, schurkige Schurken und eine damsel in distress.

Wer also keine Probleme mit etwas angestaubten Rollenbildern und Moralvorstellungen hat und auch bei gelegentlichem Fallen des N-Wortes keine Schnappatmung bekommt, kann sich dieses gut abgehangene Exemplar der Gattung "klassische Segel- und Abenteuerliteratur" ruhig mal geben.

[John Cosgrave · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was originally issued in 1897 as a slightly edited single volume re-issue of the two-volume "Secret of the Sands or the ‘Water Lily’ and her crew” (1879), the first book by Collingwood.

The story opens with a shipwreck near Weymouth. The hero, Harry Collingwood, rescues the sole survivor from the surf. Before he dies, the survivor tells our hero of a hidden treasure on a Pacific island. Harry commissions the building of what is essentially yacht, and he and his friend Bob set out around the world to find the treasure. The usual Collingwood fare follows, with pirates, gales, the rescue of a damsel in distress. The hero discovers his marooned father, recovers the treasure, and defeats the pirates. Overall it is a great read, and is a splendid example of the Victorian boy's adventure story.