Project Gutenberg 2014-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 261 Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) 1878 1960 Freeman, Lewis Ransome Hell's Hatches Produced by Greg Bergquist, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hell's Hatches" by Lewis R. Freeman is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative pivots around the turbulent lives of its characters in the South Pacific, particularly focusing on Roger Whitney, a Franco-American painter, and "Slant" Allen, a flawed hero returning home in the wake of disaster. Set against a backdrop of adventure, peril, and personal demons, the story explores themes of reputation, betrayal, and the bittersweet complexities of human relationships. The opening of the book introduces us to Roger Whitney, who finds himself engulfed in a web of past revelations surrounding "Slant" Allen, a man celebrated as a hero yet shadowed by dubious deeds. As Roger grapples with his own struggles with absinthe and the weight of truth—the knowledge that he alone knows Allen's darkest secrets—he is anticipating a reckoning with the infamous figure upon his return. This tense atmosphere is further complicated by the aftermath of a catastrophic event involving a ship and a deadly plague, leaving readers poised on the edge of revelation and conflict as personal and historical narratives begin to intertwine in unforeseen ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Adventure stories Artists -- Fiction Oceania -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 575878 2025-06-18T07:07:02.033932 text/html 580204 2024-10-23T22:09:20 text/html 377419 2025-06-18T07:07:11.372392 application/epub+zip 381734 2025-06-18T07:07:04.560438 application/epub+zip 299102 2025-06-18T07:07:03.041918 application/epub+zip 585328 2025-06-18T07:07:16.735543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535921 2025-06-18T07:07:10.245431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418815 2022-09-20T11:18:16.112237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528885 2023-09-19T12:36:37.857106 text/plain 509080 2024-10-23T22:09:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16196 2025-06-18T07:07:16.900502 application/rdf+xml 11362 2025-06-18T07:07:03.617865 image/jpeg 3115 2025-06-18T07:07:03.327892 image/jpeg 363264 2025-06-18T07:07:02.088968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia