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Ran Away to Sea: An Autobiography for Boys
1889. Reid was a popular writer of books for young people. Ran Away to Sea begins: I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea. I did not do so because I had been treated unkindly at home. On the contrary, I left behind me a fond and indulgent father, a kind and gentle mother, sisters and brothers who love me, and who lamented for me long after I was gone. But no one had mor
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372 pages
Published
July 1st 2004
by Kessinger Publishing
(first published January 1st 1930)
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"Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.
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