Project Gutenberg 2025-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 216 Drake, H. B. (Henry Burgess) 1894 1963 Drake, Henry Burgess Drake, Burgess 28003435 Cursed be the treasure $aNew York :$bMacy-Masius, $c1928. Mairi, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Cursed be the Treasure" by H. B. Drake is a novel written in the late 1920s. The story appears to be an adventure tale with strong elements of mystery and psychological drama, likely set in England with a focus on themes like pursuit, hidden secrets, and family bonds. The main character is a young boy named Tommy, who narrates his experiences of continual flight and suspense alongside his enigmatic and resourceful father, whose past is deeply intertwined with crime, betrayal, and shadowy adversaries. The opening of "Cursed be the Treasure" introduces Tommy's earliest memories, dominated by a life on the run with his father from a mysterious enemy called "Shadow-of-Fear." Tommy grows up in a world shaped by uncertainty, disguise, and constant movement, with his father as his only consistent anchor. Early chapters depict a dramatic night in a rain-soaked hut, where hiding, sudden danger, and a violent confrontation with a threatening stranger set the tone for lives shaped by old crimes and relentless pursuit. As Tommy grows, he becomes skilled in evasion and self-defense, taught by his father in a series of games often toeing the line between play and survival. Much of the opening centers on their return to the Dolphin Inn, Tommy’s intensive training, the search for secret passages and hidden treasures, and brewing conflicts with smugglers and lawmen. The atmosphere is tense and shadowed by a legacy of betrayal, leaving both the protagonist and readers questioning the true nature of his father's past and their uncertain future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063914314&seq=9 20240819055709drake 1928 US Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en England -- Fiction Love stories Adventure stories Treasure troves -- Fiction Mystery fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 568163 2025-06-30T05:06:44.023754 text/html 542814 2025-04-04T16:02:53 text/html 500127 2025-06-30T05:06:50.586713 application/epub+zip 499536 2025-06-30T05:06:44.982731 application/epub+zip 370575 2025-06-30T05:06:44.474719 application/epub+zip 643209 2025-06-30T05:06:55.051660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607643 2025-06-30T05:06:50.173721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542944 2025-06-30T05:06:43.169754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 523073 2025-04-04T16:02:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16954 2025-06-30T05:06:55.184664 application/rdf+xml 13918 2025-06-30T05:06:44.644735 image/jpeg 2479 2025-06-30T05:06:44.558721 image/jpeg 511410 2025-06-30T05:06:44.071761 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