Project Gutenberg 2008-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 133 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Down the Rhine; Or, Young America in Germany Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "Down the Rhine; Or, Young America in Germany" by Oliver Optic is a fictional tale that was written in the late 19th century. The narrative follows a group of young students on a grand adventure as they embark on a journey through various European destinations, particularly focusing on Germany and the picturesque Rhine River. As the sixth installment in the "Young America Abroad" series, the story intertwines themes of camaraderie, rebellion, and growth among the characters, particularly the students of the Academy Squadron. At the start of the book, a sense of chaos unfolds aboard the ship Young America, where the crew faces confusion and mutiny. The students are just returning from an excursion, and tensions arise among those unhappy about missed opportunities to explore Paris and Switzerland. The narrative introduces Captain Shuffles, newly appointed and facing opposition from a faction of the crew, particularly the runaways who plot a rebellion against him. This opening sets the stage for the adventures and dynamics of responsibility, authority, and teenage exuberance that are likely to play a significant role throughout their journey down the Rhine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Americans -- Germany -- Fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 567164 564666 2024-10-10T11:13:43.438344 2023-09-11T03:48:45.727889 text/html text/html 577715 2021-01-03T05:45:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 476794 2021-01-03T05:45:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 535933 2024-10-10T11:13:51.167263 application/epub+zip 547405 2024-10-10T11:13:44.439318 application/epub+zip 275838 2024-10-10T11:13:43.934338 application/epub+zip 715461 2024-10-10T11:13:56.144270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 700153 2024-10-10T11:13:50.571301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427222 2022-08-11T07:13:34.380286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529686 529464 2024-10-10T11:13:41.431312 2023-09-11T03:48:43.964906 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 529391 2021-01-03T05:45:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 191021 2021-01-03T05:45:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 529425 2021-01-03T05:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190939 2021-01-03T05:45:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22132 2024-10-10T11:13:56.293241 application/rdf+xml 27464 2024-10-10T11:13:44.027308 image/jpeg 3834 2024-10-10T11:13:43.981295 image/jpeg 476407 2024-10-10T11:13:43.494303 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T. en.wikipedia