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Where do you turn when the road fades, danger closes in, and help is far away?
Jack Haydon has a mission, and the way ahead leads across dangerous frontier country. In John Finnemore's adventure, a young hero faces a long road through wild land, far from easy help. The journey has a goal, but reaching it means meeting a steady run of hazards with courage and good sense.
The frontier is more than a backdrop. It is the edge of settled life, where roads fade and the land and weather can threaten a traveller. Written for young readers in 1907, Jack Haydon's Quest offers brisk storytelling and a picture of frontier life as writers of its time imagine it.
What you’ll discover
- A mission worth following Follow Jack along a dangerous road, with a clear goal drawing him onward.
- Wild country, distant help Enter a frontier where the land itself makes every journey a test.
- Courage joined with sense Discover an adventure that places courage and good sense at the heart of its hero's journey.
- A brisk unfolding story Direct sentences and chapters poised on suspense keep the next stretch of road inviting.
- Adventure from another age Explore the outlook of early twentieth-century boys' fiction through its young hero and frontier setting.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you love old-fashioned adventure, with a brave young hero, loyal friends, wild country and a mystery that carries you from one danger to the next.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stranger on the heath wants a letter
- Jack's father vanishes at Brindisi
- A priceless ruby may explain everything
- Into Burma with new friends and fresh danger
- Dacoits, tigers and a river full of alligators
- Jack is trapped and carried off by elephant
- The woodcutters offer Jack shelter
- A hiding place becomes a trap
- What the story is about
Who’s who
- Jack HaydonA tall, strong schoolboy and football captain who sets out across the world to find his missing father.
- Thomas HaydonJack's father, a famous ruby expert who has found a priceless stone and is held prisoner.
- Buck RisleyThe Professor's loyal American servant, quick-witted and ready to follow Jack anywhere.
- Jim DentA Rangoon gunsmith and old soldier who longs for a real expedition and joins the search.
- Me DainA cheerful Burmese guide who has served the Professor and stays faithful to the Haydons.
- Saya ChoneA slight, clever half-caste who serves U Saw and will use any disguise to capture Jack.
- U SawThe Ruby King, a rich and cruel master of the hill country who wants the secret of the mine.
- Mr. LaneThe senior partner of Lane and Baumann, who keeps his trust in Thomas Haydon.
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La búsqueda de Jack Haydon
by John Finnemore · 1907
A schoolboy is strangled on an English heath for a letter, and the trail leads to the ruby hills of Burma.
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An attack on the heath is how Jack Haydon's Quest begins. John Finnemore tells the story of a school football captain who learns that his father has vanished, and who follows the trail from England to the jungles of Burma.
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A stranger on the heath wants a letter
Jack Haydon is a prefect and the star three-quarter of Rushmere School. On a lonely road he is stopped by a slight, dark stranger who demands the letter his father posted from Cairo.
Jack refuses and charges, but a hidden attacker throws a cord around his neck. He wakes to find the headmaster, Dr. Lawrence, and Colonel Keppel, who served in India. The Colonel knows the braided cord at once as a Thug noose, yet nothing was stolen except the chance to read the letter.
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What is Jack Haydon's Quest about?
It follows an English schoolboy whose father, a ruby expert, vanishes on the way home from Burma. Jack travels with friends to the Burmese hills to find him, facing bandits, wild animals and a cruel ruby lord.
Who is the Ruby King in Jack Haydon's Quest?
U Saw is a rich and powerful man in the Burmese hills who trades in rubies and rules a valley of Kachin followers. He wants Thomas Haydon to reveal the place where he found a priceless stone.
Who is Saya Chone?
Saya Chone is a half-caste servant of U Saw, slight and clever, with a clicking way of speaking. He stops Jack on the heath, follows him to Brindisi, and later appears in disguise as a dancing girl.
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