The Madman and The Pirate

R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894)

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1 Anita Roy Dobbs
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Play 02 Chapter 2 Esther
00:20:34
Play 03 Chapter 3 Betsie Bush
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Play 04 Chapter 4 Kevin McAsh
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Play 05 Chapter 5 Kevin McAsh
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Play 06 Chapter 6 Arouet
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Play 07 Chapter 7 Arouet
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Play 08 Chapter 8 Esther
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Play 09 Chapter 9 Betsie Bush
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Play 10 Chapter 10 Betsie Bush
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Play 11 Chapter 11 Esther
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Play 12 Chapter 12 Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
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Play 13 Chapter 13 Kevin McAsh
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Play 14 Chapter 14 Esther
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Play 15 Chapter 15 Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
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Play 16 Chapter 16 Kevin McAsh
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