Author:Robert Michael Ballantyne
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[edit]- The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in the laying of submarine electric cables (1883)
- Battles with the Sea (1883)
- Big Otter (1887)
- Black Ivory: A tale of adventures among the slavers of East Africa (1873)
- Blown to Bits; or the lonely man of Rakata (1889)
- Blue Lights: Hot work in the Soudan (1888)
- The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River plains (1891)
- The Butterfly's Ball and Grasshopper's Feast (1857)
- Charlie to the Rescue (1890)
- Collected Works of Ensign Sopht (1881)
- The Coral Island (1857) (illustrated by the author) (transcription project)
- The Coxswain's Bride (1891)
- The Crew of the Water Wagtail (1889)
- Deep Down: A tale of the Cornish mines (1868)
- Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas (1860)
- The Dog Crusoe and His Master: A story of adventure in the Western prairies (1861)
- Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished: A tale of city Arab life and adventure (1884)
- The Eagle Cliff (1889)
- Ensign Sopht's Illustrated Volunteer Almanack (1861)
- Environs and Vicinity of Edinburgh (1859)
- Erling the Bold: A tale of the Norse sea kings (1869)
- Fighting the Flames: A tale of the London Fire Brigade (1867)
- The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands (1870)
- Freaks on the Fells (1865)
- The Fugitives; or, The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar (1887)
- The Garret and the Garden: or, Low life high up (1890)
- Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader: A tale of the Pacific (1864)
- The Giant of the North; or, Pokings around the Pole (1882)
- The Golden Dream: A tale of the diggings (Also subtitled, Adventures in the far west) (1861)
- The Gorilla Hunters: A tale of the wilds of Africa (1861) IA
- Handbook to the New Goldfields . . . of the Fraser and Thompson River Gold Mines (1858)
- The Hot Swamp (1892)
- How Not to Do It A Manual for the Awkward Squad (1859)
- Hudson's Bay (1848)
- Hunted and Harried (1892)
- In The Track of the Troops:A tale of modern war (1878)
- The Iron Horse (Ballantyne), or, Life on the line. A railway tale (1871)
- The Island Queen (1885)
- Jarwin and Cuffy (1878)
- The Kitten Pilgrims (1882)
- Lakes of Killarney (1859)
- The Life and Adventures of Simon Gupple (1855)
- The Lifeboat: A tale of our coast heroes (1864)
- Life in the Red Brigade: London fire Brigade (1873)
- The Life of a Ship from Launch to Wreck (1857)
- The Lighthouse: The story of a great fight between man and the sea (1865)
- The Lonely Island; or, The refuge of the mutineers (1880)
- The Madman and the Pirate (1883)
- The Man on the Ocean (1863)
- Martin Rattler: A boy's adventures in the forests of Brazil (1858) (transcription project)
- Mee-a-ow, or Good Advice to Cats and Kittens (1859)
- The Middy and the Moors: An Algerine story (1888)
- Mister Fox (Ballantyne) (1857)
- My Doggie and I (1881)
- My Mother (1857)
- The Norsemen in the West: or, America before Columbus (1872)
- The Northern Coasts of America (1853)
- The Ocean and its Wonders (1874)
- Personal Reminiscences in Book-Making (1893)
- Philosopher Jack (1880)
- Photographs of Edinburgh (by A. Burns) (1868)
- The Pioneers (1872)
- The Pirate City: An Algerine tale (1874) (transcription project)
- Post Haste: A tale of Her Majesty's mails (1880)
- The Prairie Chief (1886)
- Red Eric (1861)
- The Red Man's Revenge: A tale of the Red River flood (1880)
- Red Rooney (1886)
- Reuben's Luck (1896)
- The Rivers of Ice: A tale illustrative of alpine adventure and glacier action (1875)
- The Robber Kitten (1858)
- The Rover of the Andes: A tale of adventure on South America (1885)
- The Settler and the Savage: A tale of peace and war in South Africa (1877)
- Shifting Winds: A tough yarn (1866)
- The Ships; Great Eastern and Lesser Craft (1859)
- Silver Lake (1867)
- Six Months at the Cape (1879)
- Snowflakes and Sunbeams, or the Young Fur traders: a tale of the far north (1856)
- Tales of Adventure on the Sea (1873)
- Tales of Adventure by Flood, Field and Mountain (1874)
- Tales of Adventure or Wild Work in Strange Places (1874)
- Tales of Adventure on the Coast (1875)
- Three Little Kittens (1856)
- Twice Bought (1885)
- Under the Waves: or, Diving in deep waters (1876)
- Ungava (1858)
- The Volunteer Levee (1860)
- The Walrus Hunters: A romance of the realms of ice (1893)
- The Wild Man of the West (1863) (transcription project)
- The World of Ice (1860)
- The Young Trawler (1884)
Ballantyne's Miscellany
[edit]Volumes . . .
- Fighting the Whales (1863)
- Away in the Wilderness (1863)
- Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar regions (1863)
- Chasing the Sun (1864)
- Sunk at Sea (1869)
- Lost in the Forest: Wandering Will's Adventures in South America (1869)
- Over the rocky Mountains: Wandering Will in the land of the Redskin (1869)
- Saved by the Lifeboat (1869)
- The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventures in the South Seas (1869)
- Hunting the Lions (1869)
- Digging for Gold (1869)
- Up in the Clouds: Balloon voyages (1869)
- Battle and the Breeze (1869
- The Pioneers (1875)
- The Story of the Rock (1875)
- Wrecked but not Ruined (1875)
- The Thorogood Family (1883)
- The Lively Poll: A tale of the North Sea (1886)
- "Life-boat and Life-saving Service," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (British (in part))
Works about Ballantyne
[edit]- "Ballantyne, Robert Michael," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Obituary: Mr. R. M. Ballantyne," in The Times (1894)
- "The death of Mr. R. M. Ballantyne," in The Times (1894)
- "Death: Robert Michael Ballantyne," in The Times (1894)
- "Letter to the Editor: The Late Mr. R. M. Ballantyne," in The Times (1894)
- "Ballantyne, Robert Michael," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Ballantyne, Robert Michael," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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