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Deadly Shoals (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 4) by Joan Druett
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
Wiki Coffin's ship, Swallow, has reached the Rio Negro, an area of remote Patagonia famous for its rough gauchos and desperate revolutionaries. An area where men have disappeared without a trace. As the resident linguist and captain's clerk on the US Exploring Expedition, Wiki is suddenly thrust into hi ...Show more
Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
"Riveting." --The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best--and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave's schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckla ...Show more
Run Afoul (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 3) by Joan Druett
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin
As the 1865 US Exploring Expedition heads into the port of Rio de Janeiro, one of the vessels collides with a Salem trading ship. Wiki Coffin, resident linguist of the famous convoy, is astonished to discover that the commander of the trader is none other than his father, Captain William Coffin. An inco ...Show more
Shark Island (A Wiki Coffin Adventure Book 2) by Joan Druett
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction | Series: Wiki Coffin Adventure Ser.
Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the forefront of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate, ...Show more
The Notorious Captain Hayes: The Remarkable True Story of the Pirate of the Pacific by Joan Druett
$37.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: General Adult
The incredible true story of William 'Bully' Hayes, the so-called 'Pirate of the Pacific': a story that separates the myth from the man. Famous throughout the Pacific, from the US to Australia and all points in between, Captain Bully Hayes has been the inspiration for writers ranging from Robert Louis S ...Show more
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