| Author: | Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams) | ISBN: | 1230000239407 |
| Publisher: | AppsPublisher | Publication: | May 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams) |
| ISBN: | 1230000239407 |
| Publisher: | AppsPublisher |
| Publication: | May 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Outward Bound
by Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams)
Outward Bound is the first volume of "A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands," and contains the voyage of the Academy Ship "Young America" across the Atlantic. The origin and progress of this aquatic institution are incidentally developed, and the plan is respectfully submitted to the consideration of those who are interested in the education and moral training of the class of young men who are the characters in the scenes described in this work. Besides a full description of the routine and discipline of the ship, as an educational and reformatory institution, the volume contains a rather free exposé of the follies and frailties of youth, but their vices are revealed to suggest the remedy.
The story includes the experience of the officers and crew of the Young America, eighty-seven in number, though, of course, only a few of them can appear as prominent actors. As the ship has a little world, with all the elements of good and evil, within her wooden walls, the story of the individual will necessarily be interwoven with that of the mass; and the history of "The Chain League," in the present volume, of which Shuffles is the hero, will, it is hoped, convey an instructive lesson to young men who are disposed to rebel against reasonable discipline and authority.
In the succeeding volumes of this series, the adventures, travels, and "sight-seeing," as well as the individual and collective experience of the juvenile crew of the Academy Ship, will be narrated. They will visit the principal ports of Europe, as well as penetrate to the interior; but they will always be American boys, wherever they are.
The author hopes that the volumes of the series will not only be instructive as a description of foreign lands, and interesting as a record of juvenile exploits, but that they will convey correct views of moral and social duties, and stimulate the young reader to their faithful performance.
About The Author :-
William Taylor Adams, American author better known and loved by boys and girls through his pseudonym Oliver Optic, was born July 30, 1822 in the town of Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, about twenty-five miles from Boston.
After his first book Hatchie, the Guardian Slave brought only modest success, his next attempt, which was a collection of stories, was more successful. He then completed a book in 1855 for boys called The Boat Club. This book was so well received he followed it with five more in the Boat Club Series, after which many other series quickly followed.
Extensive travel abroad and the events of the Civil War, along with his personal knowledge and experience with boats, farming and practical mechanics, provided William massive quantities of material for his works, and nothing could stop his writing. Over a million copies of his books, alone, were sold. His motto in writing was "First God, then Country, then Friends."
Mr. Adams writing ceased only when death came quietly in his home in Dorchester (Boston) on March 27, 1897 at the age of seventy-five. His works, however, live on throughout time, with many continuing to be republished even to this day.
Outward Bound
by Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams)
Outward Bound is the first volume of "A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands," and contains the voyage of the Academy Ship "Young America" across the Atlantic. The origin and progress of this aquatic institution are incidentally developed, and the plan is respectfully submitted to the consideration of those who are interested in the education and moral training of the class of young men who are the characters in the scenes described in this work. Besides a full description of the routine and discipline of the ship, as an educational and reformatory institution, the volume contains a rather free exposé of the follies and frailties of youth, but their vices are revealed to suggest the remedy.
The story includes the experience of the officers and crew of the Young America, eighty-seven in number, though, of course, only a few of them can appear as prominent actors. As the ship has a little world, with all the elements of good and evil, within her wooden walls, the story of the individual will necessarily be interwoven with that of the mass; and the history of "The Chain League," in the present volume, of which Shuffles is the hero, will, it is hoped, convey an instructive lesson to young men who are disposed to rebel against reasonable discipline and authority.
In the succeeding volumes of this series, the adventures, travels, and "sight-seeing," as well as the individual and collective experience of the juvenile crew of the Academy Ship, will be narrated. They will visit the principal ports of Europe, as well as penetrate to the interior; but they will always be American boys, wherever they are.
The author hopes that the volumes of the series will not only be instructive as a description of foreign lands, and interesting as a record of juvenile exploits, but that they will convey correct views of moral and social duties, and stimulate the young reader to their faithful performance.
About The Author :-
William Taylor Adams, American author better known and loved by boys and girls through his pseudonym Oliver Optic, was born July 30, 1822 in the town of Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, about twenty-five miles from Boston.
After his first book Hatchie, the Guardian Slave brought only modest success, his next attempt, which was a collection of stories, was more successful. He then completed a book in 1855 for boys called The Boat Club. This book was so well received he followed it with five more in the Boat Club Series, after which many other series quickly followed.
Extensive travel abroad and the events of the Civil War, along with his personal knowledge and experience with boats, farming and practical mechanics, provided William massive quantities of material for his works, and nothing could stop his writing. Over a million copies of his books, alone, were sold. His motto in writing was "First God, then Country, then Friends."
Mr. Adams writing ceased only when death came quietly in his home in Dorchester (Boston) on March 27, 1897 at the age of seventy-five. His works, however, live on throughout time, with many continuing to be republished even to this day.
