Adrift in the Wilds; Or, the Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys — Edward S. Ellis / Edward Sylvester Ellis

Elwood Brandon and Howard Lawrence are en route for San Francisco. Off the coast of California the steamer takes fire. The two boys reach the shore with several of the passengers. Young Brandon becomes separated from his party and is captured by hostile Indians, but is afterwards rescued. This is a very entertaining narrative of Southern California.