Project Gutenberg 2007-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 113 Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson, John Conroy Greene, John B. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy Reading ease score: 63.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Younger Tom Bowling" by J.C. Hutcheson is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the life of a young boy named Tom Bowling, who aspires to become a sailor in the British Navy. The narrative captures his experiences as he navigates the challenges of training and life at sea during a time when naval training for boys was an emerging practice. The opening of the novel introduces Tom's relationship with his father as they row towards the naval ship, Saint Vincent. Tom is eager to join the Navy, and his father, a retired sailor, has concerns about this choice. Their playful banter transitions into a serious discussion about Tom's aspirations, highlighting his determination to pursue a life at sea. The dynamics of familial relationships begin to unfold, setting the stage for Tom's journey and the various characters he will encounter, including fellow recruits, as he embarks on his adventure in naval training. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - British Browsing: Fiction 514108 514088 2024-10-09T08:58:44.611202 2023-09-09T10:46:22.320846 text/html text/html 532066 2009-03-05T19:36:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 680767 2009-03-05T19:36:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 832001 2024-10-09T08:58:53.638168 application/epub+zip 841502 2024-10-09T08:58:47.132175 application/epub+zip 273142 2024-10-09T08:58:45.616204 application/epub+zip 1060595 2024-10-09T08:58:58.294112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1048308 2024-10-09T08:58:52.659168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469678 2022-09-10T05:47:10.498123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486821 486796 2024-10-09T08:58:43.543707 2023-09-09T10:46:21.552344 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 486719 2009-03-05T19:35:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189739 2009-03-05T19:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19371 2024-10-09T08:58:58.430111 application/rdf+xml 14082 2024-10-09T08:58:46.199178 image/jpeg 3702 2024-10-09T08:58:45.910179 image/jpeg 751598 2024-10-09T08:58:44.698186 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog