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To: Travis McGee

I am reminded of the defense of the captain’s cabin from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Kidnapped”


24 posted on 11/17/2017 6:05:32 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

“Kidnapped” was a really good book. Also the Walt Disney movie was outstanding.

Alen Breck Stewart. He bore a King’s name and fought like the devil.


26 posted on 11/17/2017 6:11:26 AM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: marktwain

Yes. Another fantastic forgotten epic is Melville’s “Billy Budd” where a mutiny is put down this way.


51 posted on 11/17/2017 2:31:50 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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