Project Gutenberg 2014-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 80 Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) 1878 1960 Freeman, Lewis Ransome Hell's Hatches Produced by Greg Bergquist, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hell's Hatches" by Lewis R. Freeman is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative pivots around the turbulent lives of its characters in the South Pacific, particularly focusing on Roger Whitney, a Franco-American painter, and "Slant" Allen, a flawed hero returning home in the wake of disaster. Set against a backdrop of adventure, peril, and personal demons, the story explores themes of reputation, betrayal, and the bittersweet complexities of human relationships. The opening of the book introduces us to Roger Whitney, who finds himself engulfed in a web of past revelations surrounding "Slant" Allen, a man celebrated as a hero yet shadowed by dubious deeds. As Roger grapples with his own struggles with absinthe and the weight of truth—the knowledge that he alone knows Allen's darkest secrets—he is anticipating a reckoning with the infamous figure upon his return. This tense atmosphere is further complicated by the aftermath of a catastrophic event involving a ship and a deadly plague, leaving readers poised on the edge of revelation and conflict as personal and historical narratives begin to intertwine in unforeseen ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Artists -- Fiction Oceania -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 575685 575694 2024-09-18T17:12:11.237807 2023-09-19T12:36:38.739135 text/html text/html 600174 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 303510 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 357504 2024-09-18T17:12:19.235239 application/epub+zip 362088 2024-09-18T17:12:12.989736 application/epub+zip 279431 2024-09-18T17:12:11.989725 application/epub+zip 550749 2024-09-18T17:12:24.318186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501180 2024-09-18T17:12:18.442230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418815 2022-09-20T11:18:16.112237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529112 528885 2024-09-18T17:12:10.405744 2023-09-19T12:36:37.857106 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 528923 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210088 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 528914 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210030 2014-01-08T19:08:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20804 2024-09-18T17:12:24.463159 application/rdf+xml 11231 2024-09-18T17:12:12.340733 image/jpeg 3132 2024-09-18T17:12:12.163741 image/jpeg 345369 2024-09-18T17:12:11.290763 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