NDLI: I Come to Mr. Rankeillor

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Preface, Dedication, Disclaimer

I Journey to the House of Shaws

I Come to My Journey’s End

I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle

I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws

I Go to the Queen’s Ferry

What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry

I Go to Sea in the Brig

The Round House

The Man With the Belt of Gold

Siege of the Roundhouse

The Captain Knuckles Under

I Hear of the Red Fox

The Loss of the Brig

The Lad With the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull

The Lad With the Silver Button: Across Morven

The Death of the Red Fox

Talk With Alan in the Wood of Lettermore

The House of Fear

The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks

The Heugh of Corrynakiegh

End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth

I Come to Mr. Rankeillor

I Go in Quest of my Inheritance

I Come Into My Kingdom

I Come to Mr. Rankeillor

Content Provider	Librivox
Author	Stevenson, Robert Louis
Abstract	David Balfour, a lad of seventeen and newly orphaned, is directed to go and live with his rich uncle, the master of the estate of Shaws in the lowlands of Scotland near Edinburgh. His uncle, Ebenezer (as close a miser as Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge), is shocked to suddenly have his young relative descend on him and tries to rid himself of David with an arranged accident. Failing that, he pays the captain of a brig to kidnap David and sell him into slavery in Carolina. A collision in the fog brings onboard the brig a survivor, Alan Breck Stewart, who is carrying a dangerous amount of gold on his person. David warns him of a plan by the brig's captain and crew to overpower him and seize the money, and then finds himself fighting alongside Alan in a battle royale. By good fortune, Alan is handy with a sword and they have access to the firearms locker, and the pair so completely defeat the crew that barely enough hands remain to sail her. Limping to port, she is holed by rocks, and David finds himself a castaway. Being in Alan's presence continues to be a chancey business. David is talking to Colin Roy Campbell, the King's Factor who has been oppressing Alan's people, when the man is shot to death, and David is chased as an accomplice. The two "take to the heather" and barely survive near brushes with redcoats as they thread through the Trossachs and other highland ranges of Scotland. Only after an arduous weeks-long trek through territory where they are actively hunted do they emerge in the more settled districts around the river Forth, only to find guards upon the bridge. With no money remaining, they must somehow cross to Queensferry, find Ebenezer's lawyer, and lay claim to David's inheritance in order to send Alan safely on to France. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
Related Links	http://www.archive.org/details/kidnapped_0807_librivox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/421
File Format	MP2 / MPA / MP3
Language	English
Part of Series	Kidnapped
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Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	action & adventure fiction
Alternative Title	Kidnapped - I Come to Mr. Rankeillor
Content Type	Audio
Resource Type	Audiobook

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