All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 2 Nelson, Arthur W., 1880-1958 1 Nelson, Elmer H., 1878-1930 1 Topic 4 Adventure and adventurers 2 Juvenile fiction 2 Seafaring life 2 Shipwrecks 1 Part Of 1 Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan 2 Genre 2 Booklets 2 Children's literature 2 Subject 3 Adventure and adventurers – Juvenile fiction 2 Seafaring life – Juvenile fiction 2 Shipwrecks – Juvenile fiction 1 The voyage of the Francis Nelson, Arthur W., 1880-1958 This simple story by Arthur Nelson tells of the ill-fated fishing vessel, "Francis." While at sea fishing for salmon the ship encounters a storm and the entire crew is stranded for ten days before being rescued by a passing ship. While stranded the men face limited rations and cold weather conditions but are kept alive and safe thanks to their Captain, Ethan (presumably the Nelson brothers' fictional hero, Ethan Allen). The voyage of the Francis Jims [sic] cruise Nelson, Elmer H., 1878-1930 Written by Elmer Nelson, this short story is about a fourteen year old boy looking for adventure who boards a ship and heads out to sea. After enduring sickness, battling eagles while on a high cliff and surviving the fury of a major storm that damaged the ship and took the lives of several sailors, Jim returns home having had "quite a nice time." There are illustrations of Jim and the three-masted ship named "Speed." Jims [sic] cruise
