Project Gutenberg 2014-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 177 Eggleston, George Cary 1839 1911 The Last of the Flatboats A Story of the Mississippi and Its Interesting Family of Rivers Produced by David Edwards, Fred Salzer 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 of the Flatboats" by George Cary Eggleston is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins in a vibrant small town along the Ohio River, Vevay, Indiana, and follows a group of resourceful boys led by young Phil Lowry, as they embark on an adventurous journey down the Mississippi River on a self-built flatboat. Their adventure is both a quest for profit and a tale of camaraderie, focusing on themes of friendship, tenacity, and the spirit of adventure in the face of challenges. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the spirited and intelligent lowry brothers, Ed and Phil, along with their friends, who are engaged in a salvage operation recovering pig-iron from a wrecked barge. Phil's persistence leads them to discover valuable artifacts underwater. As they celebrate their success, the boys hatch a plan to build a flatboat and take it down to New Orleans for profit. They are joined by Jim Hughes, a mysterious figure who expresses an eagerness to serve as a pilot. Tension arises as they grapple with Hughes's questionable behavior and intentions, setting the stage for their journey filled with excitement, unexpected challenges, and the vibrant environment of the Mississippi River. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44922/44922-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mississippi River -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 488665 2025-06-18T09:08:39.547136 text/html 464332 2024-10-24T02:44:55 text/html 648457 2025-06-18T09:08:48.593065 application/epub+zip 645661 2025-06-18T09:08:41.080075 application/epub+zip 299801 2025-06-18T09:08:40.267092 application/epub+zip 759571 2025-06-18T09:08:53.908091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 700979 2025-06-18T09:08:47.768074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356918 2022-09-20T13:51:00.288796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429582 2025-06-18T09:08:38.657113 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 409610 2024-10-24T02:44:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16417 2025-06-18T09:08:54.070067 application/rdf+xml 18353 2025-06-18T09:08:40.382070 image/jpeg 3029 2025-06-18T09:08:40.321077 image/jpeg 633559 2025-06-18T09:08:39.615102 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