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 Project Gutenberg 2024-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 127 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. The skipper knows best $aGarden City, Long Island, NY :$bDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., $c1928. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Skipper Knows Best" by Murray Leinster is a short adventure story written in the late 1920s. It follows the dramatic events aboard the old ship "Kingston" as Captain Grover and Chief Engineer McGovern navigate treacherous waters, ultimately confronting piracy in the Persian Gulf. The tale primarily deals with themes of duty, the precarious nature of love, and the complexities of seafaring life. The story centers around Captain Grover and Chief Engineer McGovern, who find themselves in a dire situation after delivering the Kingston to Sheik Abu Nakhl at Ras-el-Kasr. Following the sale of the ship, they quickly become embroiled in a plot where the Sheik plans to convert the Kingston into a pirate vessel. As McGovern wrestles with his fears and frantically tries to devise a way to escape their predicament, it is Grover’s fierce determination and unexpected strategy that ultimately steer their fate. In the chaotic battle against other pirate crews and the hostile environment of the Persian Gulf, the men learn that sometimes the captain truly knows best, as Grover's decisions—though frustrating—prove pivotal to their survival and possible redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/short-stories-v-125-n-05-1928-12-10 20240602131743leinster 1928 US Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Ship captains -- Fiction Pirates -- Fiction Ships -- Fiction Persian Gulf -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure 63877 2025-07-29T09:22:44.634125 text/html 39217 2024-07-11T16:29:28 text/html 1180826 2025-07-29T09:22:48.974066 application/epub+zip 1179583 2025-07-29T09:22:46.269118 application/epub+zip 147705 2025-07-29T09:22:45.004125 application/epub+zip 1243946 2025-07-29T09:22:50.551113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1236407 2025-07-29T09:22:47.892094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56116 2025-07-29T09:22:44.441083 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36350 2024-07-11T16:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16785 2025-07-29T09:22:50.686062 application/rdf+xml 28305 2025-07-29T09:22:45.257085 image/jpeg 4778 2025-07-29T09:22:45.131085 image/jpeg 1501287 2025-07-29T09:22:44.669089 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia