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Presents six fantasy stories about mermaids, sea serpents, and other fabulous creatures associated with the element of water.

Presents eight stories in which apprentice seamen, ships' masters, fishermen, and casual sailors face life-or-death struggles while traveling the oceans of the world.

Contains seven fiction stories by nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville, including the title work in which Billy Budd, a handsome and innocent sailor, becomes the target of a plot by the jealous master-at-arms to frame him for treason.

Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick".

A collection of eight short stories by Jack London which focus on the exploits of Captain David Grief in the dangerous South Seas.

From Long John Silver to Captain Hook, Blackbeard to Captain Kidd, pirates are the stuff of legend.