Project Gutenberg 2004-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 111 Barbour, Ralph Henry 1870 1944 Barbour, R. H. (Ralph Henry) Caswell, Edward C. 1879 1963 Caswell, E. C. (Edward C.) The Adventure Club Afloat E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Kathryn Lybarger, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Adventure Club Afloat" by Ralph Henry Barbour is a novel written during the early 20th century. The book revolves around a group of young boys from Dexter Academy who long for excitement and adventure during their summer break. The main characters, Perry Bush, Steve Chapman, and Joe Ingersoll, seek to escape their mundane lives by forming the Adventure Club and embarking on a sailing trip filled with aspirations of thrilling experiences. The opening of the novel introduces the characters during a summer evening as they bemoan the dullness of their impending vacation. They engage in a lively discussion about their desires for adventure, leading to Perry's idea of breaking free from their ordinary lives. As they brainstorm possibilities, Steve proposes the idea of using his father's cruiser for an adventurous voyage on the water. The excitement in the air grows as they plan their expedition, title their group the Adventure Club, and begin rallying support from their friends to join them in their quest for a summer filled with daring experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sea stories Sailing -- Juvenile fiction New England -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 390890 2025-07-06T07:25:29.188731 text/html 381881 2024-10-28T20:53:45 text/html 775855 2025-07-06T07:25:37.132623 application/epub+zip 781212 2025-07-06T07:25:32.138639 application/epub+zip 213726 2025-07-06T07:25:30.927657 application/epub+zip 958465 2025-07-06T07:25:41.008653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 925065 2025-07-06T07:25:36.252669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341624 2022-09-07T13:26:08.598029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362759 2023-10-06T10:58:11.540504 text/plain 342845 2024-10-28T20:53:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17597 2025-07-06T07:25:41.144601 application/rdf+xml 12399 2025-07-06T07:25:31.432703 image/jpeg 3335 2025-07-06T07:25:31.179639 image/jpeg 749004 2025-07-06T07:25:29.241718 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia