Project Gutenberg 2014-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 177 McAlister, Hugh The Flight of the Silver Ship: Around the World Aboard a Giant Dirgible Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Flight of the Silver Ship: Around the World Aboard a Giant Dirigible" by Hugh McAlister is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around David Ellison, a determined young man whose dreams of becoming an aviator are interrupted when he decides to leave prep school to support his family after his father's death in the Air Corps. Despite his sacrifices, David's passion for dirigibles drives him to seize an unexpected opportunity to join the crew of a giant airship, the Moonbeam, as an assistant pilot. The opening portion of the novel introduces us to David as he grapples with his decision to abandon college plans in favor of earning a living to help his family. His heartfelt farewell to his friends reveals his character as selfless and hardworking. As David receives news about the dirigible school, his excitement builds, and he resolves to pursue his aspiration of flying despite the obstacles he faces. The narrative sets the stage for David's journey toward a life-changing adventure aboard the Moonbeam, hinting at themes of friendship, ambition, and the excitement of exploration as the story unfolds toward its maiden voyage around the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45208/45208-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Airships -- Juvenile fiction Voyages around the world -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 345810 2025-07-18T09:45:57.964441 text/html 324131 2024-10-24T04:07:53 text/html 223993 2025-07-18T09:46:02.874426 application/epub+zip 223157 2025-07-18T09:45:58.899448 application/epub+zip 205566 2025-07-18T09:45:58.535452 application/epub+zip 310392 2025-07-18T09:46:06.033419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290199 2025-07-18T09:46:02.557443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272321 2022-09-20T15:58:40.528092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308098 2025-07-18T09:45:57.396471 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 288092 2024-10-24T04:07:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17058 2025-07-18T09:46:06.185403 application/rdf+xml 19710 2025-07-18T09:45:58.637434 image/jpeg 2615 2025-07-18T09:45:58.581493 image/jpeg 198150 2025-07-18T09:45:57.996450 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