Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 61 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. A Story for Young People Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Avinash Kothare, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain" by Oliver Optic is a novel for young readers written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Lawry Wilford, a fourteen-year-old boy who is a skilled pilot on Lake Champlain. The book showcases Lawry's adventures at sea, including a harrowing encounter with a squall, the challenges he faces with his family dynamics, and his aspirations to navigate and manage a steamboat. The opening portion of the tale introduces Lawry aboard the sloop "Missisque", where he warns Captain John about an approaching squall. Although the captain is initially distracted by his meal, the young pilot's concerns soon materialize as the storm hits, leading to a chaotic situation where the sail is damaged. Concurrently, a bank director named Mr. Randall, who is traveling with them, is preoccupied with a substantial sum of money he carries. After the squall, Lawry lands at his father's ferry and learns that Mr. Sherwood is looking for a pilot. The narrative sets the stage for Lawry's exploration of his ambitions while hinting at the complexities of his family life, particularly with his father, who aspires to wealth but often succumbs to laziness and discontent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 338727 338605 2024-10-03T09:46:05.206719 2023-10-03T08:48:37.445895 text/html text/html 338720 338598 2024-10-03T09:46:05.483695 2023-10-03T08:48:37.634894 text/html text/html 214809 2024-10-03T09:46:14.440662 application/epub+zip 219104 2024-10-03T09:46:09.305697 application/epub+zip 186639 2024-10-03T09:46:07.931844 application/epub+zip 494826 2024-10-03T09:46:18.228628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463370 2024-10-03T09:46:13.536652 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421723 2022-09-03T12:27:18.126379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292246 292175 2024-10-03T09:46:04.808706 2023-10-03T08:48:37.152879 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 291821 2013-02-12T15:47:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102500 2013-02-12T15:51:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19589 2024-10-03T09:46:18.357619 application/rdf+xml 24597 2024-10-03T09:46:08.498692 image/jpeg 4674 2024-10-03T09:46:08.224680 image/jpeg 211933 2024-10-03T09:46:05.510705 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T.