Project Gutenberg 2017-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 182 Castlemon, Harry 1842 1915 Fosdick, Charles Austin Castlemon, Henry A Sailor in Spite of Himself Produced by David Edwards, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Sailor in Spite of Himself" by Harry Castlemon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of young boys at an academy in Elmwood, focusing particularly on the rivalry between two crews in a rowing competition. The main characters are Bob Nellis, who is more favored among his peers, and Gus Layton, who exhibits jealousy and treachery, orchestrating underhanded tactics to defeat Bob's team. The opening of the novel sets the stage for a thrilling and competitive atmosphere as two rival boat crews prepare for a much-anticipated race. Bob's crew, known as the Zephyr, faces off against Gus's crew, the Mist. Tension increases as it's revealed that Gus may have tampered with Bob's oar in an attempt to sabotage his chances of winning. Amidst this backdrop of competition, we also see elements of loyalty and friendships among the boys, with an intriguing subplot about a boy named Simpson, who is known for sharing secrets, hinting at underlying conflicts and choices that will shape the story ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sea stories Adventure stories Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Courage -- Juvenile fiction Trust -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 532100 2025-07-22T04:13:25.081176 text/html 511636 2024-10-23T02:06:18 text/html 982912 2025-07-22T04:13:32.444175 application/epub+zip 979024 2025-07-22T04:13:26.262215 application/epub+zip 291129 2025-07-22T04:13:25.652179 application/epub+zip 1095380 2025-07-22T04:13:36.753127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1060394 2025-07-22T04:13:31.693177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373613 2022-09-24T23:04:48.684748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453071 2025-07-22T04:13:23.917175 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433120 2024-10-23T02:06:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19600 2025-07-22T04:13:36.887109 application/rdf+xml 28584 2025-07-22T04:13:25.759155 image/jpeg 4404 2025-07-22T04:13:25.705167 image/jpeg 930631 2025-07-22T04:13:25.140170 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