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100	1		_aOptic, Oliver, _d1822-1897
245	1	0	_aJust his luck
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aIllustrations signed: M. Identified as Frank T. Merrill in Jones, D.B. Oliver Optic checklist, 1985.
500			_aRelease date is 2025-07-29
508			_aAaron Adrignola, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_aJust his luck by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the late 19th century. It’s a brisk juvenile adventure about an honest orphan, Wade Brooks, thrown in with two reckless boys, Lon Trustleton and Matt Swikes, whose mischief spirals from stolen peaches to arson and a desperate flight. With small-town tensions, river escapades, and a hunt underway, the story tests courage and integrity as Wade seeks to clear his name and claim his independence. The opening of the novel follows Wade refusing to steal peaches with Lon and Matt, getting unjustly struck by them, then mistakenly whipped by farmer Garlick—who soon apologizes and gives him peaches when the truth emerges. At home, Wade is abused, denied supper, and while sneaking bread at night he witnesses Matt steal his father’s hidden cash; soon after, Garlick’s barn is set ablaze. Wade slips off to sleep in an old creek sail-boat, while Lon and Matt—who had plotted revenge and escape—burn the barn with a slow-match and board the same boat at midnight, unaware Wade is in the cuddy. By dawn, Wade stands up to the bully, secretly recovers the hidden wallet to return it, and steers for a village to find food. As Lon attacks him again, the boys’ fathers arrive at the boat, setting the stage for a reckoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cBoston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1877
653			_aOrphans -- Juvenile fiction
653			_aChildren's stories
653			_aDiligence -- Juvenile fiction
700	1		_aMerrill, Frank T., _d1848-1923
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/justhisluck00opti
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76585
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