Project Gutenberg 2006-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 169 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Taken by the Enemy Blue and the Gray--Afloat, book 1 Produced by Louise Hope, David Garcia, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "Taken by the Enemy" by Oliver Optic is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers on Captain Horatio Passford, the owner of a steam-yacht named Bellevite, who is thrown into turmoil upon learning of the outbreak of the Civil War. Faced with the reality of the conflict and the imminent danger it poses to his daughter Florence, who is in the South, Captain Passford resolves to undertake a perilous mission to rescue her and bring his brother's family out of enemy territory. At the start of the story, Captain Passford is aboard the Bellevite, returning home from an extensive cruise. His initial tranquility is shattered by shocking news delivered via a newspaper that reveals the North and South are officially at war. This revelation triggers his agitation as he worries about his daughter residing in a Confederate state. His thoughts quickly pivot towards action, and he begins to strategize a daring plan to rescue Florence and his brother's family, leading to the unfolding of a tense and dramatic adventure amidst the turmoil of the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Brothers -- Juvenile fiction United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text US Civil War Children's Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: American Literature 419696 2025-08-08T05:16:23.538631 text/html 415308 2017-11-01T13:43:46 text/html 614020 2025-08-08T05:16:30.167650 application/epub+zip 621775 2025-08-08T05:16:24.828631 application/epub+zip 206318 2025-08-08T05:16:24.016697 application/epub+zip 1009677 2025-08-08T05:16:34.123617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 963254 2025-08-08T05:16:29.242694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304670 2022-09-09T04:33:48.926601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375475 2025-08-08T05:16:22.442683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 375303 2017-11-01T13:43:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19923 2025-08-08T05:16:34.256590 application/rdf+xml 21310 2025-08-08T05:16:24.102645 image/jpeg 3333 2025-08-08T05:16:24.059623 image/jpeg 601635 2017-11-01T13:44:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 128618 2017-11-01T13:44:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 603185 2025-08-08T05:16:23.595673 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T.