Project Gutenberg 2022-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 184 Aimwell, Walter 1822 1859 Simonds, William Marcus; or, The Boy-Tamer $aUnited States :$bGould and Lincoln,$c1857. The Aimwell Stories Aimwell stories Richard Hulse, Barry Abrahamsen, 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.) "Marcus; or, The Boy-Tamer" by Walter Aimwell is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows young Marcus Page, who takes on the responsibility of caring for a somewhat troubled cousin, Oscar, who comes from a challenging background and has been placed with Marcus's family in hopes of reformation. Through their interactions, the novel explores themes of self-governance, moral growth, and the influence older boys can have on younger ones. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Marcus, his family, and the arrival of Oscar from Boston. The setting is a rural farm in Vermont, where daily life revolves around farm chores and school. Ronald, a boy raised by Marcus's family, is particularly eager to learn about Oscar and make a new friend, though he has his own challenges to face. The initial chapters establish the dynamics of the household, Marcus's proactive role in mentoring Ronald, and set the stage for Oscar's struggle to adapt and prove himself in this new environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/marcusorboytamer00aimwiala 20200226135925aimwell 1857 US Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Schools -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Farm life -- Juvenile fiction Students -- Juvenile fiction Laziness -- Juvenile fiction Foster children -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature 470540 2025-06-27T04:56:55.878697 text/html 449136 2024-10-18T21:19:27 text/html 3238066 2025-06-27T04:57:05.038667 application/epub+zip 3234446 2025-06-27T04:56:58.298683 application/epub+zip 241940 2025-06-27T04:56:57.044728 application/epub+zip 3342292 2025-06-27T04:57:09.798640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3312972 2025-06-27T04:57:03.928641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323294 2022-09-30T15:21:24.599577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399044 2025-06-27T04:56:54.641695 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 379050 2024-10-18T21:19:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18161 2025-06-27T04:57:09.964640 application/rdf+xml 15481 2025-06-27T04:56:57.178721 image/jpeg 1999 2025-06-27T04:56:57.112687 image/jpeg 3411392 2025-06-27T04:56:55.978734 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