Project Gutenberg 2023-08-24 Public domain in the USA. 102 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Cringle and cross-tree : $b Or, the sea swashes of a sailor $aNew York :$bLee and Shepard, Publishers, $c1871, pubdate 1873. hekula03, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Cringle and Cross-tree: Or, The Sea Swashes of a Sailor" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Phil Farringford, a young man drawn to the sea who embarks on an adventurous maritime journey. As he hopes to gain experience as a sailor while seeking to reunite with his estranged mother, Phil must navigate not only the challenges of life at sea but also confront the menacing presence of Ben Waterford, whose past dealings cast a shadow over his ambitions. The opening of the book introduces Phil's strong desire to go to sea, sparked by his experience on a yacht and his adventurous spirit from his upbringing in the wilds of Missouri. Despite his father's concerns and warnings about the hardships of a sailor's life, Phil is determined to learn navigation and ultimately rejoin his mother in Nice, France. However, as he prepares to set sail, he inadvertently entangles himself with sinister characters, particularly Ben Waterford, whose ambitions conflict with Phil's dreams. The narrative sets the stage for an exciting blend of adventure, moral dilemmas, and the pursuit of truth amidst the challenges of seamanship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230218104948optic 1871 US Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 339210 2025-09-28T09:23:23.015983 text/html 334692 2023-08-24T13:59:32 text/html 2471796 2025-09-28T09:23:29.469947 application/epub+zip 2470367 2025-09-28T09:23:24.308955 application/epub+zip 320542 2025-09-28T09:23:23.564957 application/epub+zip 2800350 2025-09-28T09:23:32.994876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2773146 2025-09-28T09:23:28.775896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311034 2025-09-28T09:23:22.525930 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311069 2023-08-24T13:59:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16978 2025-09-28T09:23:33.125876 application/rdf+xml 25846 2025-09-28T09:23:23.760938 image/jpeg 3621 2025-09-28T09:23:23.662931 image/jpeg 2663725 2023-08-24T13:59:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 2674005 2025-09-28T09:23:23.089929 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.