A Pirate of the Caribbees & the Pirate Island - Paperback

by Harry Collingwood (Author)

"It was emphatically "a dirty night." The barometer had been slowly but persistently falling during the two previous days; the dawn had been red and threatening, with a strong breeze from S.E.; and as the short dreary November day waxed and waned this strong breeze had steadily increased in strength until by nightfall it had become a regular "November gale," with frequent squalls of arrowy rain and sleet, which, impelled by the furious gusts..." (The Pirate Island) Harold MacGrath was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.