Waiting for sailing orders (Registro nro. 116958)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UtSlPG
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title en
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PZ
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gladstone, George, Mrs.,
Dates associated with a name 1829-1890
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Waiting for sailing orders
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Salt Lake City, UT :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Project Gutenberg,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2025
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Extent 1 online resource :
Other physical details multiple file formats
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500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Release date is 2025-06-06
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Waiting for Sailing Orders: Fisher-Life at the Land's End" by Mrs. George Gladstone is a Christian juvenile story written in the late 19th century. Set among Cornish fishers at Newlyn, it follows the devout Trevan family—father John, mother Philippa, their twin daughters Dorothy and Judith, and venerable Captain Nance—as work, weather, and faith shape their days while they yearn for the return of a long-lost prodigal son, Willy. The narrative blends local seafaring life with moral reflection and Scripture, using “sailing orders” as a tender metaphor for death and readiness to meet God. The opening of the tale introduces bustling mackerel fishing in Mount’s Bay, the respected skipper John Trevan and his crew, and the homelife anchored by Philippa and her Bible-loving father, Captain Nance. We learn the family’s “great sorrow”: Willy, once wayward, ran off years earlier after stealing from his mother, leaving them to pray and hope. Amid twin birthday celebrations, the old sailor recounts sons lost at sea, and the family visit Land’s End, sing Wesley’s hymn, and hear lighthouse lore and giant legends. Further excursions to St. Michael’s Mount bring stories of St. Michael’s chair, “Jack the Giant-killer,” and Judith’s retelling of David and Goliath, sharpening the book’s moral and scriptural tone. Dorothy strives to master her temper and studies, the girls comfort their mother on Willy’s birthday with prayer on Paul Hill, and village life unfolds through Midsummer Eve bonfires and a trip to the Logan Rock, where a local recounts how it was toppled and reset—rich scene-setting that frames the family’s faith, work, and waiting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
Introductory phrase Originally published:
Publication, distribution, etc. of original London: The Religious Tract Society, 1873
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Uncontrolled term Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
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Uncontrolled term Twins -- Juvenile fiction
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Uncontrolled term Sunday school literature
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Uncontrolled term Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction
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Uncontrolled term Fishers -- Juvenile fiction
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Uncontrolled term Cornwall (England : County) -- Juvenile fiction
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76233">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76233</a>

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