Project Gutenberg 2020-03-10 Public domain in the USA. 169 Crump, Irving 1887 1979 Crump, James Irving Crump, J. Irving (James Irving) Crump, Leslie 1894 1962 Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder E-text prepared by Craig Kirkwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder" by Irving Crump is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the adventures of the young protagonist, Jack Straw, who takes a summer job working on the construction of a lighthouse on Cobra Reef, Hood Island, Maine. The narrative highlights themes of ambition, engineering, and camaraderie, as Jack navigates challenges with his fellow workers while aiming to learn more about marine engineering. The opening of the book introduces Jack Straw, a high school student consumed with excitement over a telegram offering him a summer job in the Lighthouse Bureau. The narrative describes his life at Drueryville Academy, including his friends and their engagement in athletics. After receiving the telegram, Jack eagerly prepares for the journey ahead, reflecting on both his family and the imminent opportunity that lies in lighthouse building. This sets the stage for the adventures and challenges he will face, including interactions with quirky characters and the learning experience in a demanding work environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Maine -- Juvenile fiction Lighthouses -- Juvenile fiction Construction industry -- Employees -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 324057 2025-06-24T11:25:40.248144 text/html 302160 2024-10-17T16:54:14 text/html 358401 2025-06-24T11:25:45.407111 application/epub+zip 355090 2025-06-24T11:25:41.174167 application/epub+zip 206301 2025-06-24T11:25:40.714145 application/epub+zip 439994 2025-06-24T11:25:48.650097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409337 2025-06-24T11:25:44.933168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262294 2022-09-27T20:06:06.860396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290894 2025-06-24T11:25:39.735151 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270933 2024-10-17T16:54:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17445 2025-06-24T11:25:48.787091 application/rdf+xml 21781 2025-06-24T11:25:40.796131 image/jpeg 3691 2025-06-24T11:25:40.755138 image/jpeg 307513 2025-06-24T11:25:40.289174 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