Project Gutenberg 2013-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 75 Ely, Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely, Wilmer Mateo Davis, J. Watson 1870 1959 Davis, John Watson The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet Reading ease score: 90.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters" by Wilmer M. Ely is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows a group of young boys, who are friends and eager adventurers, as they settle into their new life fishing in Florida waters. The main characters consist of Charley, Walter, Captain Westfield, and their companion Chris, who is a little black boy eager to join the fishing expedition but faces racial prejudice. At the start of the narrative, the boys seek employment with a fish dealer, Mr. Daniels, after losing their previous job at sea due to crew troubles. Determined to work as fishermen, they face the challenge of adapting to this new career. As the plot unfolds, they navigate the dangers of their environment, which includes rough fishermen gangs opposed to the presence of a black boy in their ranks. The opening chapters highlight their determination, resourcefulness, and camaraderie, setting the stage for an adventure filled with challenges and mysteries in their new coastal home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43856/43856-h/images/cover.jpg en Fisheries -- Florida -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 431554 431569 2024-10-18T11:36:46.487834 2023-09-19T07:15:59.488449 text/html text/html 434366 2013-09-30T21:26:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii 421804 2013-09-30T21:26:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 442333 2024-10-18T11:36:53.292856 application/epub+zip 445560 2024-10-18T11:36:47.583818 application/epub+zip 238189 2024-10-18T11:36:46.990038 application/epub+zip 649457 2024-10-18T11:36:57.849767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600280 2024-10-18T11:36:52.609781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339210 2022-09-20T04:32:05.240082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388021 387945 2024-10-18T11:36:45.387819 2023-09-19T07:15:58.341432 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387919 2013-09-30T21:26:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145431 2013-09-30T21:26:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19361 2024-10-18T11:36:57.995774 application/rdf+xml 29901 2024-10-18T11:36:47.115812 image/jpeg 4012 2024-10-18T11:36:47.064810 image/jpeg 421274 2024-10-18T11:36:46.535810 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