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The Algerine Captive: Or, the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Applewood Books
Publication date December 1, 2008
Pages 252
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781429015011
ISBN-10 1429015012
Dimensions 0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Original list price $17.95
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Editions
This edition contains multiple works--typically stories or entire novels--that are found in different collections. Below find each work in this edition grouped by how you can find each.
Editions for the work The Algerine Captive
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780808400486
 
from New College & Univ Pr (June 1, 1970)
9780808400486 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: After the Revolutionary War, American sailors lost the protection of Britain's Royal Navy and were easy prey for the pirates of the North African coast, who captured ships and cargo, enslaved crew, and demanded ransom from the U.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781429015011
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Applewood Books (December 1, 2008); titled "The Algerine Captive: Or, the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill"
9781429015011 | details & prices | 252 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $17.95
This edition also contains The Algerine Captive, The Algerine Captive
Editions for the work The Algerine Captive
Paperback
Book cover for 9780375760341 Book cover for 9781429015011
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Applewood Books (December 1, 2008); titled "The Algerine Captive: Or, the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill"
9781429015011 | details & prices | 252 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $17.95
This edition also contains The Algerine Captive, The Algerine Captive
from Modern Library (July 1, 2002)
9780375760341 | details & prices | 255 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.22 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Richard Dana, Royall Tyler’s The Algerine Captive is an entertaining romp through eighteenth-century society, a satiric look at a variety of American types, from the backwoods schoolmaster to the southern gentleman, and a serious exposé of the horrors of the slave trade.

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