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100 1 _aCastlemon, Harry,
_d1842-1915
245 1 0 _aTom Newcombe; Or, the Boy of Bad Habits
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe go-ahead series
500 _aRelease date is 2020-12-29
508 _aDavid Edwards, Susan Carr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Tom Newcombe; Or, the Boy of Bad Habits" by Harry Castlemon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Tom Newcombe, a fourteen-year-old boy from a wealthy family who struggles with numerous bad habits and a discontented attitude despite having every material comfort available to him. As he contemplates his future, Tom frequently shifts his ambitions between various careers, most prominently a life at sea, indicating a deep-seated yearning for adventure overlayed with his aversion to the hard work that accompanies it. The opening of the book introduces us to Tom, lounging in his yard and lamenting his lack of good fortune, which he largely attributes to his inability to focus or apply himself. Although his father, a successful ship owner, has provided him with every conceivable luxury, Tom's careless habits make him increasingly unhappy and lead to struggles with academia. Despite his grand dreams of becoming a sailor, his father's insistence on education stands as a barrier. After persistent pleading, Tom eventually secures grudging permission to go to sea on one of his father's ships. However, he quickly discovers that the reality of ship life is markedly different from his romantic notions, fraught with hard labor and bullying from the crew, setting the stage for a lesson in humility and responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aTeenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSeafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSailors -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFarmers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aDiligence -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSoldiers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aChild labor -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aMilitary education -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aNewport (R.I.) -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aRunaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aOrderliness -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPunishment -- Juvenile fiction
830 0 _aThe go-ahead series
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64169
999 _c104992
_d104992