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The Phantom Ship [from Once a Week]

Thornbury, Walter. "The Phantom Ship [from Once a Week]." New York Saturday Press, February 24, 1866, 119, 122-125.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A young man is appointed captain of the Spitfire, as the former captain spends a short time inland. The daring man captures a fabled pirate ship, narrowly escaping death, and rises through the ranks in the navy.