Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea

by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea" by L. Frank Baum is a juvenile adventure novel published in 1906 under the pseudonym "Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald." Sixteen-year-old Sam Steele loses his father and inheritance, then sets sail with his uncle into the Pacific trade. Their voyage to supply Klondike Gold Rush towns takes a dangerous turn when a storm strands them on a remote island with desperate miners, stolen gold, and natural perils blocking their return home.