Project Gutenberg 2019-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 116 Paine, Ralph Delahaye 1871 1925 Paine, Ralph D. (Ralph Delahaye) Varian, George 1865 1923 Varian, George Edmund A Cadet of the Black Star Line Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A Cadet of the Black Star Line" by Ralph Delahaye Paine is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows a young sailor named David Downes, a cadet aboard the steamship "Roanoke", as he navigates his challenges and aspirations at sea while also grappling with his relationships and duties. The novel explores themes of adventure, the harsh realities of maritime life, and the longing for one’s place in the world, particularly through David's interactions with Captain Bracewell, a grieving ship-master, and his granddaughter, Margaret. At the start of the narrative, the "Roanoke" is crossing the Atlantic, bustling with passengers while David, the discontented cadet, struggles with feelings of homesickness and dissatisfaction with life aboard a steamship, lamenting the loss of traditional sailing vessels. His frustration intensifies as he observes the bullying nature of Captain Thrasher, the ship’s master, and feels torn between his aspirations of being a true sailor like his father and the reality of steam-powered vessels. Soon, David’s situation elevates when he bravely jumps overboard to rescue survivors from a sinking ship, an act that earns him admiration but also complicates his standing with authority. The opening chapters set the tone for a tale of growth and resilience as David begins to learn what it means to truly belong in the seafaring world he longs for. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction Ocean liners -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 252143 2025-06-24T09:15:30.177305 text/html 232916 2024-10-17T15:33:41 text/html 807721 2025-06-24T09:15:35.145824 application/epub+zip 808234 2025-06-24T09:15:31.211359 application/epub+zip 163645 2025-06-24T09:15:30.648328 application/epub+zip 900315 2025-06-24T09:15:38.303851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 871333 2025-06-24T09:15:34.691790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228166 2022-09-27T15:18:27.927766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227520 2023-09-26T07:43:46.290805 text/plain 207403 2024-10-17T15:33:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16651 2025-06-24T09:15:38.455818 application/rdf+xml 24386 2025-06-24T09:15:30.771271 image/jpeg 3702 2025-06-24T09:15:30.716375 image/jpeg 729621 2025-06-24T09:15:30.226273 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