Project Gutenberg 2014-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 36 De Morgan, John 1848 1926 Morgan, John de The Cruise of the "Lively Bee"; Or, A Boy's Adventures in the War of 1812 Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Demian Katz, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Villanova University Digital Library (http://digital.library.villanova.edu) "The Cruise of the 'Lively Bee'; Or, A Boy's Adventures in the War of 1812" by John De Morgan is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set during the War of 1812 and follows the adventurous exploits of a young boy named John Tempest. He embarks on a journey aboard the privateer ship "Lively Bee" and encounters various challenges and battles as he fights for his country against the British fleet. The opening of the novel sets the stage for the declaration of war. It describes a bustling scene in New York City, where citizens are reacting to news of President Madison’s declaration against Great Britain. Young John Tempest, in the uniform of a midshipman, displays excitement and patriotic zeal as he prepares to sail into action aboard the "Lively Bee." Throughout the initial chapters, readers are introduced to the dynamics of the naval conflict, Tempest's aspirations for valor and glory, and the spirited camaraderie among the crew as they anticipate opportunities for adventure and combat on the high seas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46371/46371-h/images/cover.jpg en Children's stories United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 371426 371163 2024-10-19T11:46:54.674684 2023-09-20T07:22:57.952445 text/html text/html 379426 2014-07-22T14:33:47 text/html 483314 2014-07-22T14:36:41 text/html application/zip 481840 2024-10-19T11:47:03.802670 application/epub+zip 484757 2024-10-19T11:46:56.130651 application/epub+zip 214172 2024-10-19T11:46:55.371682 application/epub+zip 647980 2024-10-19T11:47:09.171626 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598766 2024-10-19T11:47:02.538667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330028 2022-09-21T06:00:38.704814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320747 320529 2024-10-19T11:46:52.278700 2023-09-20T07:22:55.806446 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 320166 2014-07-22T14:29:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119484 2014-07-22T14:29:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 320173 2014-07-22T14:29:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119474 2014-07-22T14:29:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21610 2024-10-19T11:47:09.323593 application/rdf+xml 26287 2024-10-19T11:46:55.482650 image/jpeg 3921 2024-10-19T11:46:55.427656 image/jpeg 485028 2024-10-19T11:46:54.715707 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