Project Gutenberg 2018-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 113 Castlemon, Harry 1842 1915 Fosdick, Charles Austin Castlemon, Henry The Mail Carrier Produced by David Edwards, Barry Abrahamsen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mail Carrier" by Harry Castlemon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around David Evans, a young boy trapper who earns money by catching quails to fulfill a contract, which incites jealousy from other boys in the settlement and threatens his hard-won success. The plot is intertwined with family dynamics, as David navigates his ambitions while dealing with the shadows of his father's criminal past and the mischievous designs of his brother Dan. At the start of the story, David triumphantly returns home after successfully shipping quails and receiving payment, but he is quickly overshadowed by his brother Dan's attempts to sabotage him. The opening introduces a cast of characters, including Godfrey Evans, David's disgraced father, who is eager to reclaim control over David’s earnings for his selfish desires. When Dan learns of David's newfound wealth, he informs Godfrey, leading to plans for robbery. This sets the stage for conflict as David tries to keep his money safe from both his father and his brother. Through the interactions and underlying tensions, the narrative hints at themes of ambition, loyalty, and the struggles within familial relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Adventure stories Courage -- Juvenile fiction Hunters -- Juvenile fiction Letter carriers -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 454813 2025-07-22T12:03:27.906279 text/html 452450 2018-01-20T19:12:04 text/html 560259 2025-07-22T12:03:34.027298 application/epub+zip 559509 2025-07-22T12:03:29.324309 application/epub+zip 234619 2025-07-22T12:03:28.684314 application/epub+zip 665460 2025-07-22T12:03:37.928259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 640684 2025-07-22T12:03:33.434265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320647 2022-08-25T11:50:39.160913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414241 2025-07-22T12:03:27.253287 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 414494 2018-01-20T19:12:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19713 2025-07-22T12:03:38.065232 application/rdf+xml 14829 2025-07-22T12:03:28.776277 image/jpeg 2088 2025-07-22T12:03:28.730265 image/jpeg 147727 2018-01-20T19:12:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 522146 2018-01-20T19:12:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 531405 2025-07-22T12:03:27.956258 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