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Book - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Dick Sands The Boy Captain, 1882
... It matters because it is one of Verne’s most explicit condemnations of slavery, embedding a strong moral and political message about the African slave trade into a gripping adventure narrative. The work gives readers a vivid picture of late 19th century attitudes toward Africa, exploration, and human rights.
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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain is a Jules Verne adventure novel about a teenage sailor who ends up commanding a ship after the captain and most of the crew are lost. The story follows his fight to protect the passengers and survive a dangerous diversion into Africa, where slavery is a central threat.
It was first published in 1878 in French, under the title (“Un capitaine de quinze ans”) “A Captain at Fifteen”.
The book begins with a whaling voyage that goes wrong, leaving the young Dick Sands as the only capable person to take charge. The ship is then secretly steered off course, and the plot turns into a survival and rescue story involving deception, moral courage, and the slave trade in Africa. In short, it is one of Verne’s more serious adventure novels, with a strong anti-slavery element.
Hard cover book, Dick Sands The Boy Captain.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1.
Date: 1882
Light green hardcover with the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionDick Sands, the Boy Captain is a Jules Verne adventure novel about a teenage sailor who ends up commanding a ship after the captain and most of the crew are lost. The story follows his fight to protect the passengers and survive a dangerous diversion into Africa, where slavery is a central threat.
It was first published in 1878 in French, under the title (“Un capitaine de quinze ans”) “A Captain at Fifteen”.
The book begins with a whaling voyage that goes wrong, leaving the young Dick Sands as the only capable person to take charge. The ship is then secretly steered off course, and the plot turns into a survival and rescue story involving deception, moral courage, and the slave trade in Africa. In short, it is one of Verne’s more serious adventure novels, with a strong anti-slavery element.
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