The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
By Oliver Optic
15 Nov, 2019
The author of the following story pleads guilty of being more than half a boy himself; and in writing a book to meet the wants and the tastes of "Young America," he has had no difficulty in stepping back over the weary waste of years that separates y
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The author of the following story pleads guilty of being more than half a boy himself; and in writing a book to meet the wants and the tastes of "Young America," he has had no difficulty in stepping back over the weary waste of years that separates youth from maturity, and entering fully into the spirit of the scenes he describes. He has endeavored to combine healthy moral lessons with a sufficient amount of exciting interest to render the story attractive to the young, and he hopes he has not mingled these elements of a good juvenile book in disproportionate quantities. Less