cabin boys

A young orphan is given the opportunity to sail with Christopher Columbus as a cabin boy.

Describes what life was like for a cabin boy on a pirate ship.

When fourteen-year-old pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is offered a life at sea as a captain's personal valet instead of prison, he embarks on a voyage to Tahiti aboard the "Bounty, " and when the crew falls in love with the island woman, they stage a mutiny.

"Based on a true story, fourteen-year-old Werner Franz works as a cabin boy aboard the German zeppelin, the Hindenburg, and resourcefully survives its fatal crash"--Provided by publisher.