Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew

by R.M. Ballantyne

There is a particular spot in those wild regions which lie somewhere near the northern parts of Baffin's Bay, where Nature seems to have set up her workshop for the manufacture of icebergs, where Polar bears, in company with seals and Greenland whales, are wont to gambol, and where the family of Jack Frost may be said to have taken permanent possession of the land. One winter day, in the early part of the eighteenth century, a solitary man might have been seen in that neighbourhood, travelling on foot over the frozen sea in a staggering, stumbling, hurried manner, as if his powers, though not his will, were exhausted. The man's hairy garb of grey sealskin might have suggested that he was a denizen of those northern wilds, had not the colour of his face, his brown locks, and his bushy beard, betokened him a native of a very different region.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Childrens, Classics, Adventure

96 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2015

About the author

R. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish writer of juvenile fiction.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and where he served for six years with the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

Reviews

[Levi W. A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would give it a 9 out of 10 🌟.

[Kynzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a warm, cheerful and enjoyable book. The writing style and storyline were lovely. I loved that it is a Christian book.
It was such a friendly and heartwarming book I was just a little sad to end it.
There was several laugh-aloud moments and many wonderful spiritual arguments that I read over again.
I highly recommend this book especially for children and teens.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical Ballantyne adventure with Eskimos in Greenland (is that possible?). Recommended for teen boys. Almost all Ballantyne books have heroes with good character, many of them devout Christians.

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[Carolyn Van · Rating 1 out of 5]

based on llives of Eskomos living in Greenland; hard to finish

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had many interesting ideas and principles, but little action, and sometimes drags.