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Beadle's Dime Library No. 546: The Doomed Whaler

1889 · Free to read

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About this issue

This issue presents "The Life Wreck: A Romance of Sea-Birds of Prey," a serialized adventure narrative by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. The story follows Mark Mountjoy, a reckless "wild" sailor born to a New England clergyman, whose youthful escapades—piracy, desertion, navy service—are recounted as prologue to his redemption. After seven years away, Mountjoy returns a ship owner, seeking reconciliation. He discovers his parents dead and learns his childhood sweetheart, Lola La Salle, has accepted an engagement to Peter Rutledge, a wealthy miser, to save her financially ruined father from destitution. Meeting clandestinely, Mountjoy and Lola declare mutual love but she honors her pledge. Mountjoy, after visiting his parents' graves, departs by ship. The narrative combines melodramatic emotional confrontation with maritime adventure elements, featuring themes of duty, sacrifice, and thwarted romance.

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