Project Gutenberg 2010-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 218 Stratemeyer, Edward 1862 1930 Winfield, Arthur M. Steward, Ray M. Bonehill, Ralph Bonehill, Captain Ralph Dawson, Elmer A. The Last Cruise of the Spitfire; or, Luke Foster's Strange Voyage Produced by Curtis Weyant, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Last Cruise of the Spitfire; or, Luke Foster's Strange Voyage" by Edward Stratemeyer is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story revolves around a young boy named Luke Foster, who feels oppressed under the caretaking of his harsh uncle, Felix Stillwell. After discovering that his uncle is not who he seems, and amidst his struggles with family dynamics and the beginnings of a thrilling maritime adventure, Luke embarks on a journey that combines elements of mystery, adventure, and self-discovery. The beginning of the book introduces readers to Luke's unhappy life in New York City, where he is virtually a servant in his uncle’s office. On the day of his seventeenth birthday, after being mistreated and denied a holiday, Luke finds himself embroiled in a series of events that lead him to discover a shocking letter revealing his true guardian is not his uncle. Shortly thereafter, he's accused of theft when a large sum of money goes missing from the office safe. In a dramatic turn of circumstances, he is captured and forced aboard a ship, the Spitfire, where he learns about the ship’s dubious crew and their sinister plans. The story sets the stage for Luke's transformation from a mistreated boy to a more self-reliant individual as he navigates through danger and uncertainty on the open sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34367/34367-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 93.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Family -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 301281 2025-06-14T06:39:43.484190 text/html 302908 2010-11-21T04:35:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 822194 2010-11-21T04:35:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 900974 2025-06-14T06:39:49.628165 application/epub+zip 904176 2025-06-14T06:39:44.532147 application/epub+zip 177148 2025-06-14T06:39:44.029162 application/epub+zip 1036595 2025-06-14T06:39:53.748158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1009319 2025-06-14T06:39:49.115132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283069 2022-09-15T15:19:50.747228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274227 2025-06-14T06:39:42.222192 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 274045 2010-11-21T04:35:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100697 2010-11-21T04:35:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19758 2025-06-14T06:39:53.903136 application/rdf+xml 32489 2025-06-14T06:39:44.132210 image/jpeg 4940 2025-06-14T06:39:44.080185 image/jpeg 822978 2025-06-14T06:39:43.527177 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 More titles under Dixon, Franklin W. en.wikipedia