Project Gutenberg 2012-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 110 Hawes, Charles Boardman 1889 1923 Varian, George 1865 1923 Varian, George Edmund 21017013 The Great Quest A romance of 1826, wherein are recorded the experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Akers, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Great Quest" by Charles Boardman Hawes is a historical novel set in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the village of Topham during the summer of 1826 and follows Josiah Woods, who embarks on a significant adventure after being caught in the unexpected return of a mysterious figure, Neil Gleazen, to the community. This returns sets into motion a chain of events that shifts Josiah's life from the mundane reality of working in his uncle's store to the promise of an adventurous voyage to Africa, raising questions of loyalty, ambition, and destiny. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Josiah Woods and his life in Topham, where his uncle, Seth Upham runs a bustling general store. The narrative begins with Josiah on an errand that soon leads him to overhear gossip about the mysterious Gleazen, who left town under questionable circumstances two decades earlier. His sudden reappearance stirs the villagers' curiosity and uncertainty. As Josiah deals with day-to-day tasks, he becomes increasingly fascinated by this enigmatic character and his connection to his uncle. The opening chapters set the stage for a transformative journey, highlighting Josiah's desire for adventure and the tension between his current life and the unknown prospects that Gleazen's return heralds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40265/40265-h/images/cover.jpg en Sea stories Cuba -- Fiction Guinea, Gulf of -- Fiction PZ PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 641394 641401 2024-09-17T05:09:31.962895 2023-09-17T13:23:26.870030 text/html text/html 649294 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1352106 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1456638 2024-09-17T05:09:41.112880 application/epub+zip 1464089 2024-09-17T05:09:33.437979 application/epub+zip 333320 2024-09-17T05:09:32.703929 application/epub+zip 1641991 2024-09-17T05:09:46.748880 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1593536 2024-09-17T05:09:40.235937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466264 2022-09-18T12:27:15.403058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587991 587889 2024-09-17T05:09:30.163041 2023-09-17T13:23:25.297011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 587726 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224342 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 587717 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224312 2012-07-17T08:45:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21701 2024-09-17T05:09:46.910831 application/rdf+xml 15637 2024-09-17T05:09:32.823913 image/jpeg 2619 2024-09-17T05:09:32.762932 image/jpeg 1284460 2024-09-17T05:09:32.068889 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