Published by McBooks Press, Inc. 2006
Copyright © 1993 by Dewey Lambdin
First Published in the U.S.A. by Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York

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Cover painting by Dennis Lyall.
Cover design by Panda Musgrove.

ISBN: 978-1-59013-129-9
1-59013-129-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lambdin, Dewey.

The gun ketch / by Dewey Lambdin.

p. cm. — (The Alan Lewrie naval adventures ; #5)

ISBN-13: 978-1-59013-129-9 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-59013-129-0 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Great Britain–History, Naval—18th century—Fiction. 3. Caribbean Area—Fiction. 4. Sea stories.

I. Title. II. Series: Lambdin, Dewey. Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; no. 5.

PS3562.A435G86 2006

813’.54--dc22

2006014820

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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or publisher.