If you are looking for excellent literature that will  inspire your sons with a knowledge of world history and global geography, and that do so in the context of the love of Christ….

R.M. Ballantyne was born into Edinburgh’s great 19th century publishing elite. His family firm published both Walter Scott and Thomas Chalmers. No wonder he knew how to spin a classic yarn! His prodigious output of nearly a hundred adventure stories was the natural fruit of the rich Scottish legacy of unbridled courage, undaunted chivalry, literary excellence, Christian virtue, and global vision. I am so grateful that Vision Forum has once again made these rip-roaring tales available. May they inspire the next generation to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Lord.— George Grant

Republishing the Ballantyne Christian Adventure Library is a dream come true for Vision Forum. Each Ballantyne book is produced with quality and care to give another generations of readers Smythe-sewn hardbound books that can be passed down to grandchildren.

Do you have a boy who needs a little inspiration? Give him Ballantyne!
Your son will learn about the preciousness of time and the Christian boy’s call to action through the pages of these exciting literary adventures.  He will learn that only godly character will win the day, and he will learn what it means to be a man with a Gospel mission. And he will learn this in the context of high adventure and the chivalric code of nobility. Eric Quayle, author of The Collector’s Book of Boy’s Stories explained that Ballantyne’s characters:

…rescued helpless natives from a cruel death at the hands of cannibals, or dashed through smoke and flames to the side of the swooning heroine, or plunged without a moment’s hesitation into the shark infested waters for the sake of an injured friend. And, at the end of their courageous display of selfless devotion to duty, they modestly refused to accept any thanks from the victims of the drama other than perhaps a firm shake of a gratefully outstretched hand of the one who had been snatched from the jaws of a fearful death.

A list of the newly published Balantyne books available through Vision Forum follows:

• Blue Lights
• The Coral Island
• Deep Down
• The Giant of the North
• The Gorilla Hunters
• Hunted and Harried
• Martin Rattler
• The Pirate City
• Red Rooney
• The Young Fur Traders
• Gascoyne, the Sandal Wood Trader
• The Dog Crusoe and His Master
• The Cannibal Islands
• The Pioneers
• The Island Queen
• Ungava
• The Lonely Island
• The Norsemen in the West
• Post Haste
• Fighting the Flames

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