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|  | | A Choice of Freedom
A Choice of Freedom follows William Pope after a ship he is on sinks. He becomes a sailor on a whaling vessel and experiences Whale hunting, pirates, the slave trade, and finally joins the Rattler privateer to fight the British.
William Pope is apprenticed to a Massachusetts printer in 1775. He has been sent by packet ship to New York to bring back a new printing press, but the packet sinks in a storm. He is the sole survivor and is pulled from the sea by the crew of Felicity, a whaling supply ship. He decides to stay aboard and become a deep water sailor.
William sees whaling up close and visits several foreign ports. He helps fight off pirates when they attack the ship on the coast of Africa and observes the terrible business of slavery. During his eighteen months aboard Felicity, Will | |  | | An Island Full of Laughter
A humor anthology of 21 Whidbey Island writers.
This anthology includes short stories and poetry by some of Whidbey Island's best authors. From a story about things that go "splat" on your car's windshield to a unique viewpoint of the famous "lost slipper" incident, and a wild tale about an innovatin' chicken plucking contraption, you won't be able to stop chuckling. | | | | Lieutenant Pope's Revenge
As captain of the privateer Jupiter, Pope and his friends wreak havoc on British merchants in the Caribbean. They also find pirate treasure and William gets revenge for his brother's death.
This is the third in the maritime adventure series about William Pope during the American Revolution. William's brother has been killed by British soldiers and William is set on avenging his death. When the privateer i>Rattler /i>takes a schooner off Africa, William frees the slaves on board and takes over the schooner to use as a privateer. Some of the foremer slaves become sailors. Pope takes the schooner to the Caribbean where they take several British merchant ships as prizes. He meets his former lady friend, finds the treasure of Calico Jack Rackam, and gets revenge agains | | | | One Hundred Years at Greenbank
The history of Greenbank, Washington, a unique small town on Whidbey Island.
This brief history of Greenbank, Washington, covers the original native American inhabitants and the development of the Greenbank community by Calvin Philips, a realtor and insurance man.
In 1893, Cal Philips had control of 5000 acres of former railroad land but sales soured due to the stock market crashthat year. Unable to sell the land, he decided to build a large dairy farm, a wharf, a hotel, a post office, and a store to attract settlers to the area. This was the beginning of Greenbank and the farm that became the largest loganberry farm in the world. It was a model dairy farm a | |  | | The Rattler Strikes!
Further adventures (book 2) in the William Pope series. William serves aboard the privateer Rattler during the American Revolution.
William Pope and his friends sign on the Rattler privateer whose mission is to seek out and destroy British merchant shipping during the American Revolutionary War. They attack a British nobleman's house in Ireland, take many ships in the English Channel, fight off a British frigate, and take a Royal Navy sloop-of-war. During rest and recuperation in France, William meets Pierre Didier, his wife, and their beautiful daughter, Louise. Williams enemy from the Felicity causes more trouble.
The Rattler cruises north to Holland and south to Portugal and then Morocco. After taking a | |  | | The Topsail Schooner
William Pope takes command of a new ship, a privateer named Jolie Louise II during the Revolutionary War.
span style="font-size: larger">span style="font-family: Times New Roman">William and his friends are accidently left on the winter shores of Maine by their ship, the i>Rattler/i>. They travel south and meet an old friend who has a new ship built for privateering and is willing to hand it over to William as its captain. William musters a crew and they head into the Atlantic in the i>Jolie Louise II /i>to prey on British merchants, working their way down the coast and into the Caribbean. Their cruise is successful and they head across the Atlantic to France wher |
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