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Title: All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club
Note: Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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Summary: "All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Dory Dornwood, who, after losing his job as a waiter, seeks a way to support his struggling family while facing various adventures on Lake Champlain. Dory encounters challenges and opportunities, leading him to purchase a sailboat named the Goldwing, which has a notorious reputation for accidents. At the start of the narrative, we meet Dory as he works on a steamboat, where he faces a temperamental passenger named Major Billcord, which results in his unjust discharge. Disheartened but determined, Dory wanders Plattsburgh in search of work but instead becomes embroiled in a mysterious encounter involving a stranger and a gunshot. After helping this stranger, he receives a reward and ultimately uses this money to acquire the Goldwing. As the story unfolds, Dory’s bold spirit and ingenuity come to the forefront, leading him to inspire a group of friends to form the Goldwing Club, highlighting themes of camaraderie, adventure, and personal growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897
EBook No.: 25577
Published: May 23, 2008
Downloads: 84
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Sailing -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club
Note: Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net.
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The Internet Archive.)
Summary: "All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Dory Dornwood, who, after losing his job as a waiter, seeks a way to support his struggling family while facing various adventures on Lake Champlain. Dory encounters challenges and opportunities, leading him to purchase a sailboat named the Goldwing, which has a notorious reputation for accidents. At the start of the narrative, we meet Dory as he works on a steamboat, where he faces a temperamental passenger named Major Billcord, which results in his unjust discharge. Disheartened but determined, Dory wanders Plattsburgh in search of work but instead becomes embroiled in a mysterious encounter involving a stranger and a gunshot. After helping this stranger, he receives a reward and ultimately uses this money to acquire the Goldwing. As the story unfolds, Dory’s bold spirit and ingenuity come to the forefront, leading him to inspire a group of friends to form the Goldwing Club, highlighting themes of camaraderie, adventure, and personal growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897
EBook No.: 25577
Published: May 23, 2008
Downloads: 84
Language: English
Subject: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Sailing -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.