Charles Boardman Hawes
Charles Boardman Hawes was an American writer of fiction and nonfiction sea stories, best known for three historical novels. He died suddenly at age 34, after only two of his five books had been published. He was the first U.S.-born winner of the annual Newbery Medal, recognizing his third novel The Dark Frigate (1923) as the year's best American children's book. Reviewing the Hawes Memorial Prize Contest in 1925, The New York Times observed that "his adventure stories of the sea caused him to be compared with Stevenson, Dana and Melville".
The Dark Frigate
A young man, once destined for a life at sea, becomes a fugitive and must forge a new path far from his dreams after a single, fateful mistake.
By Charles Boardman Hawes
The Mutineers A Tale of Old Days at Sea and of Adventures in the Far East as Benjamin Lathrop Set It Down Some Sixty Years Ago
A young man's adventurous sea voyage quickly turns treacherous as he faces mutiny and piracy on a journey to the Far East.
By Charles Boardman Hawes
The Great Quest A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea
In 1826, a young man's ordinary life transforms into an extraordinary journey filled with adventure and mystery when a figure from the past returns, leading him to sail towards Africa.
By Charles Boardman Hawes