Project Gutenberg 2011-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 114 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 The Secret of the Reef Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Secret of the Reef" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Jimmy Farquhar, a second mate on a steamer, who is thrust into a challenging adventure after being dismissed from his ship. The narrative captures themes of camaraderie, resilience, and the pursuit of fortune, as Jimmy embarks on a quest to recover the rumored treasure from a wreck near an island reef. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Jimmy as he reflects on his experiences at sea, particularly his connection with a fellow passenger, Ruth Osborne. Their budding relationship is overshadowed by Jimmy's recent dismissal from the ship due to a moment of questionable judgment involving a crew member's health. Following his departure from the liner, Jimmy pursues a new venture with two companions, aiming to salvage gold from the wreck on a treacherous reef. Their journey is fraught with difficulties, from harsh weather conditions to strained relationships, setting the stage for a gripping tale of adventure and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35823/35823-rst/images/cover.jpg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35823/35823-rst/images/cover.jpg en Alaska -- Fiction Shipwrecks -- Fiction Salvage -- Fiction Mystery fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 637598 637478 2024-09-15T07:27:27.476189 2023-09-15T12:50:51.636029 text/html text/html 638557 2011-04-10T22:40:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 465024 2011-04-10T22:40:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 523886 2024-09-15T07:27:49.526081 application/epub+zip 725675 2024-09-15T07:27:47.566081 application/pdf 646798 2024-09-15T07:27:32.860188 application/pdf 524621 2024-09-15T07:27:36.116137 application/epub+zip 341912 2024-09-15T07:27:29.958183 application/epub+zip 688513 2024-09-15T07:27:55.832063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622701 2024-09-15T07:27:44.360091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440350 2022-09-16T11:25:52.565130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553752 2024-09-15T07:27:26.869182 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 554034 2011-04-10T22:41:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 205789 2011-04-10T22:41:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 540321 2011-04-10T22:41:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204172 2011-04-10T22:41:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 540319 2011-04-10T22:41:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204155 2011-04-10T22:41:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 27098 2024-09-15T07:27:55.992037 application/rdf+xml 557874 557868 2024-09-15T07:27:25.155342 2023-09-15T12:50:51.103049 text/x-rst text/x-rst 557870 2011-04-10T22:40:34 text/x-rst 454576 2011-04-10T22:40:34 text/x-rst application/zip 21974 2024-09-15T07:27:34.094148 image/jpeg 3554 2024-09-15T07:27:33.637150 image/jpeg 465820 2024-09-15T07:27:27.533190 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 en.wikipedia