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Mr. Midshipman Easy
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| Author(s): | Frederick Marryat |
| Illustrator(s): | Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum |
| Publisher(s): | G. P. Putnam’s Sons |
| Year Published: | 1895 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure Boys Growing Up British Fiction - Novel Humorous Sea Stories |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 412 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 2469787 |
Description
A young man, who seems very like a fool, is sent to sea and makes good.
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Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836)
Young Jack Easy has assimilated his father's theory of the equality of man, but has yet to reconcile it with things as they are, so is sent to sea to learn a little discipline. This combination of adventure story, satire and humor was the best-written of its author's books and has remained popular to this day.
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Mr. Midshipman Easy (1896)
This novel based on the author's service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 combines naval adventure, satire and humor. It is perhaps the best written of the author's works from a literary point of view, being compared by one critic to an updated version of Don Quixote. Read online at archive.org.
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