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The Wrecker's Prize

1882 · 124 pages

This issue of *The Wrecker's Prize* by Henry J. Thomas is a maritime adventure novel. The narrative centers on a shipwreck off the English coast on a stormy March night. Upon hearing distress signals from a vessel striking rocks, townspeople gather on the beach and attempt a rescue mission using a yawl. The rescue effort turns tragic: the first yawl capsizes in the heavy surf, drowning three crew members, including a young sailor named Dick Browne who had insisted on taking his brother's place. A second, larger yawl launches to reach the imperiled ship. Among the beachmen waiting ashore is the elderly, garrulous wrecker Skinny Jemmy, whose commentary suggests looting wrecked vessels forms the economic basis of the coastal community. The narrative emphasizes the physical brutality of maritime labor and the recurrent drownings afflicting families like the Brownes.

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