Project Gutenberg 2021-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 179 Drysdale, William 1852 1901 Copeland, Charles 1858 1929 The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine $aUnited States :$bW. A. Wilde & Company,$c1898. Brain and brawn series davidkpark; Sue Clark; the image following page 211 provided by The Young Supercargo: a Story of the Merchant Marine. 1898. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida; and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine" by William Drysdale is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Christopher "Kit" Silburn, a young and ambitious boy who seeks adventure and a better life by venturing to sea as a cabin boy on the steamship "North Cape". This tale captures his journey from homelessness to finding a place aboard the ship, where he learns about responsibility, maturity, and the challenges of maritime life. Kit’s character as a determined and honest boy is likely to resonate with readers who enjoy stories of personal growth against a backdrop of adventure. At the start of the narrative, Kit finds himself in Brooklyn, trying to escape his precarious life as a homeless boy. After a series of misunderstandings with a police officer, he is fortunate enough to be taken under the wing of Captain Griffith of the "North Cape", who offers him a position as a cabin boy. As Kit begins his adventure at sea, he reflects on his background, including his family and the disappearance of his father at sea. The initial chapters effectively set the stage, showcasing Kit's determination and positive outlook amidst adversity, while also introducing readers to the dynamics of life at sea in the late 1800s. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/youngsupercargos00drys 20190514195123drysdale 1898 US Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Sea stories Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Fathers -- Juvenile fiction Adventure stories Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction Castaways -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Merchant marine -- Juvenile fiction Cargo ships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 592630 2025-06-26T09:57:37.067519 text/html 570638 2024-10-18T17:05:29 text/html 1525244 2025-06-26T09:57:45.791416 application/epub+zip 1522579 2025-06-26T09:57:38.687484 application/epub+zip 316376 2025-06-26T09:57:37.853456 application/epub+zip 1464286 2025-06-26T09:57:50.963441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1413795 2025-06-26T09:57:44.929450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411296 2022-09-30T03:54:01.108399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534845 2025-06-26T09:57:35.934525 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 514454 2024-10-18T17:05:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21198 2025-06-26T09:57:51.119390 application/rdf+xml 22883 2025-06-26T09:57:37.971469 image/jpeg 3152 2025-06-26T09:57:37.913458 image/jpeg 2040819 2025-06-26T09:57:37.144487 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