Shipwrecks and holiday reading

18 Dec 2009

If you'd like to continue the literary shipwreck theme we started with December's item of the month, the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre has recently published some more online books with a shipwreck adventure theme. There's quite a chronological range, from Francois Raynal's Wrecked on a Reef (1880) to Crusoes of Sunday Island (1957), Elsie Morton's account of the Swiss Family Robinson style adventures of the Bell family.

Don't think you'll have to be glued to your PC to read them though - these books are all available as ePub eBooks, downloadable for mobile devices such as the iPhone or iPod Touch. So, if you're lucky enough to be getting one of these for Christmas you're all sorted for your maritime holiday reading.

Merry Christmas from everyone here at the Caird Library - we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Renee (Digital Resources Librarian)