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Ready About, or, Sailing the Boat

Ready About, or, Sailing the Boat

by Oliver Optic

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Author
Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897
Title
Ready About; or, Sailing the Boat
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Boats and boating -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55557
Release Date
September 16, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.READY ABOUT OR SAILING THE BOAT
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. MR. SPICKLES FROM THE METROPOLIS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE NAUTIFELERS CLUB ON THE LAKE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN THE NIGHT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. ON THE TRACK OF THE BURGLARS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. A VICTIM OF STRATEGY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. UNDER THE LEE OF GARDINER'S ISLAND.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. A BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE TURNING OF THE TABLES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. DORY DORNWOOD RESORTS TO STRATEGY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE ARRIVAL OF MICHAEL ANGELO SPICKLES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE RESULT OF DORY'S STRATEGY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. UNDER WAY, OR UNDER WEIGH.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. ON BOARD OF THE LA MOTTE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE STANDING-RIGGING OF A SLOOP.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE RUNNING-RIGGING OF A SLOOP.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE PLAN THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. MORE MEMBERS OF THE NAUTIFELERS CLUB.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE GOLDWING ON THE STARBOARD TACK.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING ABOUT STEERING A SAIL-BOAT.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. OPERATIONS IN THE HOLD OF THE LA MOTTE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE DEFENDERS OF THE PIRATE-SCHOONER.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. A SELFISH VIEW OF AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. "SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES!"
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE GUESTS OF THE INSTITUTION.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. STATIONS FOR GETTING UNDER WAY.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. ALL OF DORY'S CLASS BECOME SKIPPERS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. THE GOLDWING'S TRIP TO PLATTSBURG.
  34. 34.Transcriber's Note

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