Project Gutenberg 2020-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 142 Carter, Nicholas (House name) Carter, Nick Captain Sparkle, Pirate; Or, A Hard Man to Catch Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Captain Sparkle, Pirate; Or, A Hard Man to Catch" by Nicholas Carter is a novel written in the early 20th century. The storyline revolves around a chance encounter with a brazen pirate, Captain Sparkle, who boards a luxurious yacht and robs its wealthy owner, Maxwell Kane. This encounter sets the stage for a thrilling investigation led by the infamous detective Nick Carter, who seeks to unravel the mystery behind the audacious pirate's identity and intentions. The opening portion of the book introduces us to Maxwell Kane, who visits Nick Carter to recount his alarming experience of being boarded by pirates while aboard his steam-yacht, the "Goalong". As Kane describes the incident, he reveals how Captain Sparkle, a flamboyantly dressed pirate chief, and his crew stealthily approached their vessel and conducted their robbery with shocking ease. The chapter teases the reader with Kane’s frustration and embarrassment over the unexpected turn of events, culminating in Nick agreeing to accompany him to gather more information aboard the yacht while Kane's guests come into play, further complicating the narrative. The stage is effectively set for intrigue, excitement, and the promise of more daring escapades to come as Nick Carter pushes to confront the pirate menace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Pirates -- Fiction Yachts -- Fiction Millionaires -- Fiction Dime novels Popular literature PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 412411 2025-07-24T10:55:17.108249 text/html 405761 2024-10-17T16:45:39 text/html 265385 2025-07-24T10:55:24.544693 application/epub+zip 269640 2025-07-24T10:55:18.220209 application/epub+zip 197556 2025-07-24T10:55:17.646231 application/epub+zip 414646 2025-07-24T10:55:29.048678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379234 2025-07-24T10:55:23.934719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307415 2022-09-27T19:09:02.568591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349010 2025-07-24T10:55:15.687290 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 329090 2024-10-17T16:45:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18263 2025-07-24T10:55:29.209692 application/rdf+xml 26548 2025-07-24T10:55:17.780252 image/jpeg 4067 2025-07-24T10:55:17.715246 image/jpeg 245072 2025-07-24T10:55:17.143224 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 More titles under Rathborne, St. George More titles under Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) More titles under Cox, Stephen Angus Douglas