Jacob Faithful

Jacob Faithful
Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1834
Genre: Barges
ISBN:

This 1834 maritime adventure transports the reader to London's fabled port, aboard the lighters that ply the shifting tides of the Thames. Jacob loses both parents, becomes adopted by a wharf owner, and forges friendships with an old lighterman, his son, and their dog. Picaresque adventures catapult him to his place as a gentleman.

Jacob Faithful

Jacob Faithful
Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1834
Genre: Barges
ISBN:

This 1834 maritime adventure transports the reader to London's fabled port, aboard the lighters that ply the shifting tides of the Thames. Jacob loses both parents, becomes adopted by a wharf owner, and forges friendships with an old lighterman, his son, and their dog. Picaresque adventures catapult him to his place as a gentleman.