Project Gutenberg 2008-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 68 Piper, Anna W. Ford Paul, Ford 07039644 Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Peak's Island" by Ford Paul is a historical romance written in the late 19th century. The narrative is set against the backdrop of buccaneer days, opening with a shipwreck that results in the loss of many lives, including that of a young woman named Anna Vyvyan. Stranded and grieving, Anna's journey begins as she confronts her loneliness and the harsh realities of her existence. The opening of this tale describes the harrowing aftermath of a shipwreck, where Anna, amidst chaos and death, regains consciousness only to realize that her life has drastically changed. Trapped in her solitude, flashbacks reveal her past of loss and love, particularly the memory of her deceased mother. As Anna finds a young child tied to a lifeless mother, her instincts awaken, prompting her to care for the infant Cora. This act of compassion sets in motion not only a bond between them but also a quest for survival and shelter on a mysterious island. As the narrative unfolds, it hints at the development of camaraderie and resilience in the face of adversity, creating a vivid anticipation for the reader of the challenges they may face together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Buccaneers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 234314 234315 2024-10-11T09:58:34.575633 2023-09-12T03:31:52.088842 text/html text/html 231922 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 86675 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 158578 2024-10-11T09:58:41.475583 application/epub+zip 161141 2024-10-11T09:58:37.717601 application/epub+zip 159607 2024-10-11T09:58:36.242608 application/epub+zip 299406 2024-10-11T09:58:44.356583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291707 2024-10-11T09:58:40.694615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270354 2022-09-12T09:23:31.730165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220354 220124 2024-10-11T09:58:33.940643 2023-09-12T03:31:51.605866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 220234 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83617 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220225 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83598 2021-01-04T00:53:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20817 2024-10-11T09:58:44.489664 application/rdf+xml 13278 2024-10-11T09:58:37.048596 image/jpeg 3445 2024-10-11T09:58:36.772650 image/jpeg 155727 2024-10-11T09:58:34.596622 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog