Martin Rattler (Annotated)

Martin Rattler; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil is a vigorous Victorian adventure tale that follows the spirited young Martin from seafaring mishap into the lush, perilous interior of Brazil. Combining shipwreck narrative, jungle expedition, comic companionship, and moral testing, the novel exemplifies mid-nineteenth-century boys' literature: briskly plotted, didactic without being...