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_aOptic, Oliver, _d1822-1897 |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | _aA millionaire at sixteen |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aAll-over-the-world library, first series | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-10-12 | ||
| 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 | _a“A millionaire at sixteen : or, The cruise of the Guardian-Mother” by Oliver Optic is a juvenile adventure novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Louis Belgrave, a level‑headed sixteen-year-old who has unexpectedly become a millionaire, as he embarks on sea-going adventures shaped by duty to his mother, guidance from a prudent trustee, and the lure of world travel. Expect nautical action, moral tests, and a globe‑trotting premise centered on yachting, with figures like the genial Uncle Moses, the seasoned Captain Ringgold, and a menacing former stepfather complicating the voyage. The opening of the story sets up Louis’s fortune, character, and intentions: after good‑natured sparring with his trustee about wealth and prudence, he plans to buy a modest schooner for quiet cruising with his mother. A suave stranger, “Mr. Frinks Fobbington,” offers a too‑good‑to‑be‑true yacht inspection at Southfield; Louis goes with his mother, Captain Ringgold, and his friend Felix. Once aboard, the schooner unexpectedly gets under way, and Louis discovers it is actually the Maud, commanded by his mother’s disreputable former husband, with “Fobbington” revealed as the mate. As a blow rises and the crew traps Ringgold and Felix below, Louis tends to his seasick mother, steels her resolve against the villain, then slips through a pantry passage, pries open the lower hatch, and frees his companions. The section closes with the group regrouping in the second cabin amid worsening weather, learning they are bound for England, and preparing to resist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cBoston: Lee and Shepard, 1892 |
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| 653 | _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aAdventure stories | ||
| 653 | _aSailing -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aVoyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aMothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPrisoners -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aWealth -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSteamboats -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aStepfathers -- Juvenile fiction | ||
| 653 | _aTrusts and trustees -- Juvenile fiction | ||
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_aShute, A. B. _q(Augustus Burnham), _d1851-1906 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aAll-over-the-world library, first series | |
| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/millionaireatsix00opti | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77036 |
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