Charlie
Codman's Cruise A Story for Boys. by Horatio Alger - book
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ILLUSTRATED A poor Boston boy is
shanghaied aboard a ship full of rough sailors to ensure his silence about an
embezzlement and blackmail plot. Aka: Bill Sturdy: or, A Young Sailor's Pluck.
In Campaign Series.
Charlie Codman, a handsome and honest teenager,
grew up in poverty with his widowed mother in Boston, Massachusetts. He now
sells papers to earn a meager wage. Charlie and his mother were originally
deprived of their fortune by their very own landlord, Peter Manson embezzled
money from Mrs. Codman’s father, unbeknownst to her or Charlie, and still
profits from his thievery. A sailor named John Randall knew of the
embezzlement and decides to blackmail Manson in exchange for keeping his
secret. The two scoundrels plot to kidnap young Charlie in order to protect
their interests. Randall takes Charlie on board his ship the Bouncing Betsy by
claiming that the boy is his nephew. Randall then takes Charlie on a long sea
voyage, binding and gagging him to prevent his escape. Meanwhile, back
at home, Mrs. Codman struggles with the heart-wrenching disappearance of her
son, while trying to support herself by tutoring a young girl. Little does she
know that her own Charlie is still alive and being mistreated by both Randall
and the captain of the Bouncing Betsy.
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