A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by Richard Hughes. It was made into a film in 1965.
The Bas-Thornton children are raised on a plantation in Jamaica during the late 19th century. A hurricane destroys their home and the parents decide the children must leave the island to return back to their original home in Europe. Accompanied by other children from Jamaica, they leave on a ship that is soon seized by pirates. The ship is ransacked, the ch...
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A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by Richard Hughes. It was made into a film in 1965.
The Bas-Thornton children are raised on a plantation in Jamaica during the late 19th century. A hurricane destroys their home and the parents decide the children must leave the island to return back to their original home in Europe. Accompanied by other children from Jamaica, they leave on a ship that is soon seized by pirates. The ship is ransacked, the children are kidnapped, and the pirates release the ship back to its captain.
Even though the children are shot at (in order to get the captain of their ship to disclose the location of caches on the vessel) they are quickly forgotten about and the pirate ship becomes their new home. They are treated with indifference, though cared for. One child accidentally falls to his death and is immediately forgotten by his own family. The pirate captain seems to be the last one to forget him.
While drunk, the captain of the pirates approaches one of the...
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