Project Gutenberg 2008-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 83 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Captain Alick Garningham as he embarks on a cruising adventure aboard his steam yacht, the Sylvania, along the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico, accompanied by a group of friends and peers. With themes of adventure and moral growth, the novel promises a spirited exploration of the American river culture of the time. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Captain Alick, who discusses future travels on the Mississippi with his cousin Owen Garniham. Tension arises due to a previous contract with Owen that has been abruptly canceled by Alick's father, leading to an invitation for Owen to join Alick on the upcoming journey. As they prepare for departure, we witness Alick’s bittersweet farewell to Captain Boomsby and the multilayered dynamics in their environment, including a mysterious theft incident involving a bank messenger. This builds anticipation for the adventures and challenges that lie ahead as they set sail into the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Yachts -- Juvenile fiction Mississippi River -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 437450 435545 2024-10-10T14:20:52.970478 2023-09-11T06:14:46.714361 text/html text/html 441246 2008-03-07T16:16:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 430902 2008-03-07T16:16:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 585935 2024-10-10T14:21:00.710436 application/epub+zip 595074 2024-10-10T14:20:54.815480 application/epub+zip 214722 2024-10-10T14:20:53.740439 application/epub+zip 737733 2024-10-10T14:21:05.158883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714769 2024-10-10T14:21:00.001469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336663 2022-08-11T09:47:19.211762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402466 402245 2024-10-10T14:20:51.264471 2023-09-11T06:14:45.592349 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 402268 2008-03-07T16:16:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140926 2008-03-07T16:16:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 402259 2008-03-07T16:16:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140904 2008-03-07T16:16:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21798 2024-10-10T14:21:05.764899 application/rdf+xml 28839 2024-10-10T14:20:54.268439 image/jpeg 3991 2024-10-10T14:20:53.962442 image/jpeg 434088 2024-10-10T14:20:53.025511 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