Poor Jack
Poor Jack is a novel by the English author Frederick Marryat, published in 1840.
It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor's son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in
Greenwich, London in the early 19th century. ("Poor Jack" was the title given by the waterfront boys, or mudlarks
, to their chief.) In a rags-to-riches story Saunders eventually rises by his own efforts to become a pilot on the Thames, makes his fortune and retires to the life of a wealthy squire. The novel has interesting descriptions of domestic life among the naval lower ranks and contains many anecdotes of seafaring life.
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