Project Gutenberg 2014-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 344 Young, Clarence The Motor Boys Over the Ocean; Or, A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Motor Boys Over the Ocean; Or, A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air" by Clarence Young is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the escapades of three friends—Jerry, Ned, and Bob—who are known as the Motor Boys, as they embark on a rescue mission involving a hot air balloon and a profitable friend. Their journey is marked by challenges and the spirit of camaraderie that highlights themes of friendship, adventure, and problem-solving. At the start of the novel, the boys express their concerns about improvements to their airship, the "Comet", while grappling with personal troubles in Ned's family. When they learn that Mr. Wescott Jackson, a wealthy acquaintance, is in danger after being swept out to sea in a balloon during a storm, they immediately decide to take action. The friends, united in their friendship and determination, frame their plans around aiding Ned's father by locating Mr. Jackson, setting off on a series of spirited discussions about their airship's upgrades as well as their impending adventure. The opening establishes the boys' blend of youthful enthusiasm and resourceful ingenuity, setting the tone for the thrilling escapades to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46127/46127-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Airships -- Juvenile fiction Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction Search and rescue operations -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 348209 2025-08-18T15:02:06.943540 text/html 333071 2024-10-24T08:25:23 text/html 551707 2025-08-18T15:02:13.936590 application/epub+zip 549474 2025-08-18T15:02:08.214552 application/epub+zip 206450 2025-08-18T15:02:07.522533 application/epub+zip 650529 2025-08-18T15:02:17.994439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 605864 2025-08-18T15:02:13.309463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264455 2022-09-21T04:18:49.848872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302092 2025-08-18T15:02:05.972536 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282111 2024-10-24T08:25:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16810 2025-08-18T15:02:18.146443 application/rdf+xml 22586 2025-08-18T15:02:07.623501 image/jpeg 3498 2025-08-18T15:02:07.574484 image/jpeg 483761 2025-08-18T15:02:07.000502 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