Jack Holborn
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Abandoned as a baby and brought up on parish charity, Jack Holborn longs to leave cold-hearted England. So he stows away on a ship bound for Africa, but discovers, too late, that he has fallen in with a pirate crew. This tale of non-stop adventure was Leon Garfield's first published book.
PiratesJuvenile fictionFictionAdventure and adventurersOrphansStowawaysEnglish Adventure storiesJuvenile literatureBoys, fiction