Project Gutenberg 2015-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 200 Kellogg, Elijah 1813 1901 The Young Ship-Builders of Elm Island Elm Island stories Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Young Ship-Builders of Elm Island" by Elijah Kellogg is a novel written in the late 19th century. This story centers around young boys who are exploring the challenges of learning trades, specifically shipbuilding, in a vibrant seaside community. The book reflects themes of ambition, responsibility, and craftsmanship as the characters venture into undertaking building their own boat. At the start of the novel, we meet John Rhines, who is contemplating his future and the various trades he might pursue after a summer of hard work. His desire to learn a trade leads him to help a blacksmith, where he discovers a talent for making items. Alongside Charlie, his companion, they dream about crafting a significant project: a boat that could surpass canoes in design and performance. The opening portion sets the stage for their creative ideas and ambitions while introducing the supportive and industrious community around them, hinting at the trials and successes that lie ahead in their shipbuilding adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Juvenile fiction Uncles -- Juvenile fiction Ships -- Juvenile fiction Sick -- Juvenile fiction Prayer -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 411170 2025-06-20T08:36:46.413749 text/html 395484 2024-10-22T23:27:38 text/html 584444 2025-06-20T08:36:54.168712 application/epub+zip 582062 2025-06-20T08:36:47.817779 application/epub+zip 241404 2025-06-20T08:36:47.135744 application/epub+zip 687152 2025-06-20T08:36:58.727689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644441 2025-06-20T08:36:53.450771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305352 2022-09-22T18:54:23.293535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368049 2025-06-20T08:36:45.561803 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 348259 2024-10-22T23:27:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17863 2025-06-20T08:36:58.889673 application/rdf+xml 22983 2025-06-20T08:36:47.237807 image/jpeg 3618 2025-06-20T08:36:47.184776 image/jpeg 527121 2025-06-20T08:36:46.474795 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