Charles Boardman Hawes

Charles Boardman Hawes was an American author known for his adventure novels for young readers. His most famous work, "The Dark Frigate," published in 1923, won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. Hawes's writing often featured historical settings and tales of the sea.

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The Dark Frigate

by Charles Boardman Hawes

Fiction

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Fleeing for his life, young Philip Marsham escapes 17th-century London only to be swept into a perilous new existence as an unwilling pirate aboard the 'Rose of Devon,' battling treacherous seas and even more treacherous men.