George at the Wheel; Or, Life in the Pilot-House by Harry Castlemon
"George at the Wheel; Or, Life in the Pilot-House" by Harry Castlemon is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the adventures of George Ackerman, a boy who navigates the dangers of the Texas frontier while dealing with family intrigue and encounters with cattle thieves. The novel promises a blend of excitement and conflict as George tries to protect his ranch and his interests against thosewho wish to undermine him. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to George and his cousin Ned, who are discussing the troubling events that have unfolded since George was captured by a gang of cattle thieves. Throughout their dialogue, it becomes apparent that there are deeper family dynamics at play, particularly concerning Uncle John, George's guardian, and his potential motives against his charge. The opening sets up a tension-filled backdrop, placing George in peril while hinting at an ongoing scheme related to his inheritance. As George navigates his challenges, readers are positioned to witness not only a thrilling adventure but also the evolution of his character against the adversities posed by both external threats and internal family conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.html.images | 459 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.epub3.images | 958 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.epub.images | 962 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.epub.noimages | 237 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.kf8.images | 1.1 MB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.kindle.images | 1.0 MB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53544.txt.utf-8 | 418 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/53544/pg53544-h.zip | 890 kB | ||||
| There may bemore files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Castlemon, Harry, 1842-1915 |
|---|---|
| Title | George at the Wheel; Or, Life in the Pilot-House |
| Note | Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by David Edwards, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Rescues -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Sailors -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Uncles -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mexico -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Guerrillas -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 53544 |
| Release Date | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 83 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
