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Oliver Optic

Alias: William Taylor Adams

1822-1897

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Haste and Waste
or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain

Proud and Lazy
A Story for Little Folks

The Young Lieutenant
or, The Adventures of an Army Officer

All Aboard
or, Life on the Lake, 1855

Now or Never
The Adventures of Bobby Bright, 1856

Poor and Proud
or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn, 1858

Little By Little
or, The Cruise of the Flyaway, 1860

The Birthday Party
A Story for Little Folks, 1862

Careless Kate
A Story for Little Folks, 1862

The Soldier Boy
or, Tom Somers in the Army, 1864

Dolly and I
A Story for Little Folks, 1864

Work and Win
or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise, 1865

Outward Bound
Or, Young America Afloat, 1866

Hope and Have
or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People, 1866

Breaking Away
or The Fortunes of a Student, 1867

Down The River
Buck Bradford and His Tyrants, 1868

Freaks of Fortune
or, Half Round the World, 1868

Dikes and Ditches
Young America in Holland and Belguim, 1868

Make or Break
or, The Rich Man's Daughter, 1868

Down the Rhine
Young America in Germany, 1870

Field and Forest
The Fortunes of a Farmer, 1870

Desk and Debit
or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk, 1871

Up The Baltic
Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, 1871

Little Bobtail
or The Wreck of the Penobscot., 1872

The Yacht Club
or The Young Boat-Builder, 1873

In School and Out
or, The Conquest of Richard Grant., 1873

The Coming Wave
The Hidden Treasure of High Rock, 1874

Down South
or, Yacht Adventure in Florida, 1880

Up the River
or, Yachting on the Mississippi, 1881

All Adrift
or The Goldwing Club, 1882

Asiatic Breezes
Students on The Wing, 1894

Across India
Or, Live Boys in the Far East, 1895

Four Young Explorers
Sight-Seeing in the Tropics, 1896

The Boat Club
or, The Bunkers of Rippleton, 1896