Project Gutenberg 2011-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 64 Munroe, Kirk 1850 1930 Rogers, W. A. (William Allen) 1854 1931 Rogers, William Allen Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Rick Dale: A Story of the Northwest Coast" by Kirk Munroe is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the life of Alaric Dale Todd, a wealthy but sheltered young man who grapples with feelings of inadequacy and isolation as he seeks to break free from the constraints of his privileged upbringing. The narrative explores themes of self-discovery and adventure as Alaric embarks on a journey to experience life beyond the confines of his affluent past. The opening of the novel introduces Alaric as a "poor rich boy" who has been overprotected due to an assumed weak heart, leading to a life devoid of typical boyhood experiences. After the death of his mother, he returns to San Francisco, feeling lonely and misunderstood by his family. His fortunes change when he meets his energetic cousin Esther, who inspires him to seek a more adventurous life. After a fiery encounter while driving ponies, he resolves to break away from his past and ultimately runs away to find his own path, marking the beginning of his transformation from a timid youth to an adventurous sailor. In the following chapters, Alaric's journey unfolds as he embraces the challenges and camaraderie of life at sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35652/35652-h/images/cover.jpg en Poor -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction Smugglers -- Juvenile fiction Loggers -- Juvenile fiction Mountaineering -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 495567 495589 2024-10-15T06:55:29.660962 2023-09-15T12:05:39.565014 text/html text/html 495071 2011-03-22T09:21:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 866388 2011-03-22T09:23:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 886560 2024-10-15T06:55:36.062973 application/epub+zip 893040 2024-10-15T06:55:30.552968 application/epub+zip 252913 2024-10-15T06:55:30.104932 application/epub+zip 1061162 2024-10-15T06:55:41.063872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1021363 2024-10-15T06:55:35.452938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382341 2022-09-16T10:20:31.341385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471008 470784 2024-10-15T06:55:28.719948 2023-09-15T12:05:38.640983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 470843 2011-03-22T09:21:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 180591 2011-03-22T09:23:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 470839 2011-03-22T09:23:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 180526 2011-03-22T09:23:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24900 2024-10-15T06:55:41.211869 application/rdf+xml 26093 2024-10-15T06:55:30.190940 image/jpeg 3267 2024-10-15T06:55:30.147992 image/jpeg 867058 2024-10-15T06:55:29.733968 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia