Project Gutenberg 2020-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Lewis, Henry Harrison 1863 Midshipman Merrill Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Midshipman Merrill" by Henry Harrison Lewis is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the young protagonist, Mark Merrill, a fisher lad from Maine, who displays exceptional sailing skills and bravery that lead him to save a yacht from destruction during a storm. As conflict arises with local boys who ridicule him for his humble background, the narrative delves into themes of courage, resilience, and the journey to acceptance—in both society and himself. At the start of the book, we are introduced to a coastal town where Mark navigates a series of challenges, including harassment from peers after the destruction of his toy ship. Showing remarkable bravery and physical prowess, he defends himself against his attackers. The opening chapters culminate with his heroic act of swimming out to save a yacht in distress, during which he earns recognition from the Secretary of the Navy and a subsequent appointment to the Naval Academy. Mark's journey is further complicated by the dynamics with his adversary, Scott Clemmons, who is also vying for a position at the academy, setting the stage for future confrontations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Sea stories United States Naval Academy -- Juvenile fiction Military cadets -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 348100 2025-06-25T07:53:16.508685 text/html 328430 2024-10-18T07:30:10 text/html 867834 2025-06-25T07:53:24.037687 application/epub+zip 867124 2025-06-25T07:53:17.687754 application/epub+zip 220938 2025-06-25T07:53:17.093679 application/epub+zip 959313 2025-06-25T07:53:28.411177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909491 2025-06-25T07:53:23.379657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264922 2022-09-28T17:14:38.490386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303111 2025-06-25T07:53:15.565723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283183 2024-10-18T07:30:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16781 2025-06-25T07:53:28.689200 application/rdf+xml 19830 2025-06-25T07:53:17.193680 image/jpeg 3151 2025-06-25T07:53:17.142735 image/jpeg 759037 2025-06-25T07:53:16.559775 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 More titles under Lounsberry, Lionel