Doctor Syn, A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh | 
 enlarge | Author: Russell Thorndyke
Publisher: Wildside Press
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 162
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 1592240003
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781592240005
ASIN: 1592240003
Publication Date: October 20, 2005
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Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for Syn, however, and his attention turns to smuggling. He takes on a secret identity, ?
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 HEY!! WHERE'S THE ENDING???? January 2, 2009
Timothy DeForest (Sarasota, FL)
Russell Thorndyke was an entertaining storyteller and this novel--the first of a number featuring pirate/preacher Dr. Syn--is a lot of fun to read.
But, gee whiz, this edition is missing the last few chapters!!!! At first, I thought maybe I'd just gotten a defective copy, but I've noticed other reviewers complaining about this and the page count matches up to what is advertised.
This edition just seems to leave you hanging without resolving any of the several ongoing plot threads. I have no idea what Wildside Press was thinking of when they published it. Someone either made a sloppy mistake or a really bizarre and annoying editing decision.
Fortunately, this book is old enough to be in the public domain so I was able to access an electronic copy via Google Books and finish reading the story.
4 stars for a fun adventure story written in a quick, witty prose. 1 star for leaving off the gosh-darn ending!!!
 good book December 15, 2008
James Smith (Pasadena CA)
Love the book,No problem with order.Not like PBJWORLD that sells XP PROFESSIONAL software with fake product key. Beware of PBJWORLD customers of Amazon. Only buy from sellers you know,
Where is the rest of it? December 14, 2008
S. H. Jolly (retired in Florida)
I was looking forward to reading again some of the Dr Syn stories from my misspent youth (too many hours in libraries and not enough time in the fresh air and sunshine), but this is not one of the ones I had read back in the 60's, so I was looking forward to learning something new about the characters. I did learn a lot of new background information. The daughter was a new character to me,as was Jerry Jerk (who gets quite a lot of print) and I enjoyed learning more about the exploits of Mr. Mipps, but on the whole, the book was a disappointment because it ended so abruptly. The daughter is off on a quest and we never learn the outcome. The mulatto is still on the loose and no one seems interested in finding him. We never learn why everyone hated the schoolmaster, and when Syn beats him up with a broken rum bottle in full view of the Captain and Jerry Jerk, he makes up a story that the mulatto did it and no one contradicts him. Finally, the last page says that Dr. Syn is leaving that evening for his "mission" and sometime in this last chapter, he is supposed to be killed, but the story ends very abruptly before the departure ever takes place. It is possible that my copy of the book is defective in that it is missing several pages of the last chapter, because other reviewers have noted misprints and other problems, but missing several pages is quite a big problem to go unnoticed by the printer's quality control people. Can anyone tell me if their copy ends with more information. Mine ends in the middle of page 161 and then there are three blank pages after that.
Great Book, Too Expensive September 15, 2008
Skip Olsen (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very glad of the purchase of this book. It is well written and I very much wanted to know the origin of one of my favorite Disney movies (taken from the series) of all time. I was surprised, however, that when I received this book it was much thinner than I had anticipated. I thought the price was high because I had hoped this book had more of the writings on this story than it did. Had I known...
Adventure Novel April 25, 2007
James E. Chickowski (Ft. Wayne, IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My first read from Thorndyke and it was good time spent. If you saw the movie offering from Disney you feel right at home in the "marsh" reading this book. If you didn't then you will want to see the movie after reading the book. My only disppointment was the ending and maybe that was Thorndyke's intent because when you hit the last page there were a lot of unanswered questions and incomplete activities by the characters. Therefore based on my own conclusions I have ordered another book on Dr. Syn to see if there is a connection. I sure hope so because I want to find out how it ends, if ever. You'll enjoy this classic.
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