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Can I read Hell Around the Horn on EtoBox?
Hell Around the Horn by Rick Spilman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hell Around the Horn about?
Hell Around the Horn is a nautical thriller set in the last days of the great age of sail. In 1905, a young ships captain and his family set sail on the windjammer, Lady Rebecca, from Cardiff, Wales with a cargo of coal bound for Chile, by way of Cape Horn. Before they reach the Southern Ocean, the cargo catches fire, the mate threatens mutiny and one of the crew may be going mad, yet the greatest challenge will prove to be surviving the vicious westerly winds and mountainous seas of the worst Cape Horn winter in memory. Based on an actual voyage, Hell Around the Horn is a story of survival and the human spirit against overwhelming odds.
Who reads Hell Around the Horn?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Rick Spilman
- Publisher
- Old Salt Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780988236004
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Adventure, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (94 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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