Project Gutenberg 2024-03-10 Public domain in the USA. 183 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Kilburn, Samuel Smith 1831 1903 Kilburn, S. S. (Samuel Smith) Champney, W. L. Through by daylight : $b Or, the young engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad $aBoston :$bLee and Shepard, $c1897. The Lake Shore series ; 1 American boys' series Terry Jeffress 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.) "Through by Daylight: Or, the Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad" by Oliver Optic is a novel aimed at young readers, likely written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young protagonist named Wolf Penniman, the son of a steam engineer, who is keenly interested in mechanics and engineering. The narrative sets the stage for both adventure and moral lessons, as Wolf encounters various challenges, including rivalry with affluent peers and the consequences of impulsive actions. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Mr. Waddie Wimpleton, a wealthy and spoiled young boy, who engages in reckless behavior that leads to a confrontation with Wolf. Following an explosive incident with a canal boat, which Waddie orchestrates out of spite, Wolf takes it upon himself to retrieve a stolen pocket-book belonging to his father from a deceitful engineer named Christy Holgate. The opening chapters establish a vivid setting filled with youthful bravado, moral dilemmas, and the budding confidence of a young engineer eager to prove himself in the world of steam and machinery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/throughbydayligh00opti/ 20231112102132optic 1897 US Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction Railroad stories PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 372602 2025-07-29T05:06:10.378250 text/html 346602 2024-03-10T08:51:24 text/html 8339392 2025-07-29T05:06:21.750140 application/epub+zip 8332747 2025-07-29T05:06:13.622217 application/epub+zip 495305 2025-07-29T05:06:11.587198 application/epub+zip 7822098 2025-07-29T05:06:26.895114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7780120 2025-07-29T05:06:19.848225 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323129 2025-07-29T05:06:09.285244 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 303124 2024-03-10T08:51:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17832 2025-07-29T05:06:27.074111 application/rdf+xml 16771 2025-07-29T05:06:12.087186 image/jpeg 2531 2025-07-29T05:06:11.835180 image/jpeg 8587300 2025-07-29T05:06:10.510247 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 en.wikipedia More titles under Ashton, Warren T.