Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 180 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. A Story for Young People Produced by Avinash Kothare, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain" by Oliver Optic is a novel for young readers written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Lawry Wilford, a fourteen-year-old boy who is a skilled pilot on Lake Champlain. The book showcases Lawry's adventures at sea, including a harrowing encounter with a squall, the challenges he faces with his family dynamics, and his aspirations to navigate and manage a steamboat. The opening portion of the tale introduces Lawry aboard the sloop "Missisque", where he warns Captain John about an approaching squall. Although the captain is initially distracted by his meal, the young pilot's concerns soon materialize as the storm hits, leading to a chaotic situation where the sail is damaged. Concurrently, a bank director named Mr. Randall, who is traveling with them, is preoccupied with a substantial sum of money he carries. After the squall, Lawry lands at his father's ferry and learns that Mr. Sherwood is looking for a pilot. The narrative sets the stage for Lawry's exploration of his ambitions while hinting at the complexities of his family life, particularly with his father, who aspires to wealth but often succumbs to laziness and discontent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 338899 2025-06-03T08:49:02.604076 text/html 338720 2025-01-09T23:36:07.101050 text/html 214886 2025-06-03T08:49:11.753073 application/epub+zip 219098 2025-06-03T08:49:06.501118 application/epub+zip 186632 2025-06-03T08:49:05.068127 application/epub+zip 494696 2025-06-03T08:49:15.720077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463370 2025-06-03T08:49:10.806063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421723 2022-09-03T12:27:18.126379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292246 2025-06-03T08:49:02.180127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291821 2013-02-12T15:47:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102500 2013-02-12T15:51:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18038 2025-06-03T08:49:15.878051 application/rdf+xml 24597 2025-06-03T08:49:05.640046 image/jpeg 4674 2025-06-03T08:49:05.357057 image/jpeg 212001 2025-06-03T08:49:02.633159 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T.