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 Project Gutenberg 2014-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 78 Young, Clarence Nuttall, Charles 1872 1934 The Motor Boys Afloat; or, The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Motor Boys Afloat; or, The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway" by Clarence Young is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around three young boys, Bob Baker, Ned Slade, and Jerry Hopkins, who are excited to receive their new motorboat, the "Dartaway". The book captures their adventures as they face various challenges and adversities, emphasizing themes of friendship, bravery, and problem-solving. At the start of the story, Bob Baker receives a postal notification that their long-awaited motorboat has arrived, sending him racing to share the news with his friends. They quickly make plans to retrieve the boat and prepare for adventures on the river. Their newfound excitement is tempered by the looming presence of Noddy Nixon, a local bully who has returned to town and poses a potential threat. The boys' eagerness to embrace their new vessel and embark on thrilling journeys highlights their youthful spirit, while the introduction of unsettled dynamics with adversaries hints at forthcoming challenges in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44788/44788-h/images/cover.jpg en Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction Caves -- Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective stories Motorboats -- Juvenile fiction Thieves -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 332690 332699 2024-09-18T18:22:43.911718 2023-09-19T13:40:30.729023 text/html text/html 337201 2014-01-28T20:06:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 313800 2014-01-28T20:07:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 332650 2024-09-18T18:22:49.989660 application/epub+zip 335066 2024-09-18T18:22:44.870670 application/epub+zip 184103 2024-09-18T18:22:44.374692 application/epub+zip 463237 2024-09-18T18:22:54.109616 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421360 2024-09-18T18:22:49.436651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270864 2022-09-20T12:47:21.987877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282782 2024-09-18T18:22:42.715705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 292621 2014-01-28T20:06:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 104242 2014-01-28T20:07:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 282468 2014-01-28T20:07:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103082 2014-01-28T20:07:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20994 2024-09-18T18:22:54.259614 application/rdf+xml 21872 2024-09-18T18:22:44.472680 image/jpeg 3031 2024-09-18T18:22:44.423675 image/jpeg 313468 2024-09-18T18:22:43.943728 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia