Captain Scraggs: or, The Green Pea Pirates

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From the dust jacket:This sea yarn recounts the adventures of three rapscallion sea-faring men,—Captain Scraggs, owner of the green vegetable freighter Maggie, Gibney the mate and McGuffey, the engineer.One foggy night, when the Maggie, full laden, was approaching the Golden Gate, Captain .scraggs gave the signal for full speed astern. The worn signal wires broke at the first pull, giving the unsuspecting McGuffey the signal for full speed ahead. Result, the Maggie stuck firmly on a bar.Here their adventures begin.Through the exuberance of Gibney's imagination, he is always getting them into scraps and out again, cheating them lustily in the process. This tale is a worthy successor to "Cappy Ricks."