Project Gutenberg 2013-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 207 Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) 1872 1957 Brereton, Frederick Sadleir Rainey, W. (William) 1852 1936 Rainey, William Rainey, H. W. (H. William) Rainey, W. The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal E-text prepared by sp1nd, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal" by F. S. Brereton is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around Jim Partington, a young American boy who, after facing a series of misfortunes, embarks on a journey that eventually leads him to the construction efforts of the Panama Canal. As he navigates both the challenges of salvage work in the Caribbean and the trials of saving lives, the narrative promises themes of adventure, resilience, and the importance of friendship against the backdrop of a monumental engineering project. At the start of the novel, we encounter Jim and his sister Sadie, who are involved in a salvage operation on their small ship. Through a vivid depiction of their surroundings and the characters aboard, including the cheerful negro Tom and the Chinaman Ching Hu, we learn about their daily life and the burden of responsibility thrust upon Jim after their father's death. Following a disastrous incident where their ship encounters trouble and a collision occurs, Jim demonstrates valor by diving into the sea to rescue a fellow passenger. This act of bravery sets in motion a series of events that takes Jim and his companions to Panama and the ambitious canal construction, hinting at the adventures and challenges that lie ahead as they seek to overcome their hardships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41767/41767-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Panama Canal (Panama) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 623677 2025-06-17T04:35:08.503891 text/html 623092 2013-01-03T10:58:49 text/html 1942874 2013-01-03T11:02:19 text/html application/zip 2089521 2025-06-17T04:35:15.976908 application/epub+zip 2096998 2025-06-17T04:35:09.567879 application/epub+zip 301592 2025-06-17T04:35:09.033916 application/epub+zip 1748435 2025-06-17T04:35:21.249818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1718660 2025-06-17T04:35:15.444905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450423 2022-09-19T06:25:24.646605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600772 2025-06-17T04:35:07.585939 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 600286 2013-01-03T10:56:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 227355 2013-01-03T10:56:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 600294 2013-01-03T10:56:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227351 2013-01-03T10:56:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21442 2025-06-17T04:35:21.399836 application/rdf+xml 27228 2025-06-17T04:35:09.129888 image/jpeg 4210 2025-06-17T04:35:09.079903 image/jpeg 1954310 2025-06-17T04:35:08.606889 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 en.wikipedia