Breaking Away

Breaking Away

William Taylor Adams, pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic and author (1822-1897)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- IN WHICH ERNEST THORNTON INTRODUCES HIMSELF

-05- IN WHICH THERE IS TROUBLE IN THE PARKVILLE LIBERAL INSTITUTE

-06- IN WHICH ERNEST IS EXPELLED FROM THE PARKVILLE LIBERAL INSTITUTE

-07- IN WHICH ERNEST SAILS THE SPLASH, AND TAKES A BATH

-08- IN WHICH ERNEST DECLINES A PROPOSITION

-09- IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS HIS FELLOW-STUDENTS IN OPEN REBELLION

-10- IN WHICH ERNEST ATTENDS THE TRIAL OF BILL POODLES AND DICK PEARL

-11- IN WHICH ERNEST VANQUISHES THE SCHOOLMASTER

-12- IN WHICH ERNEST STRIKES A HEAVY BLOW, AND WINS ANOTHER VICTORY

-13- IN WHICH ERNEST HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS UNCLE

-14- IN WHICH ERNEST IS DISOWNED AND CAST OUT

-15- IN WHICH ERNEST RAISES THE SPLASH

-16- IN WHICH ERNEST IS CHOSEN COMMODORE OF THE FLEET

-17- IN WHICH ERNEST IS WAITED UPON BY A DEPUTY SHERIFF

-18- IN WHICH ERNEST AND THE COMMISSARY VISIT CANNONDALE

-19- IN WHICH ERNEST CONVEYS THE STUDENTS TO PINE ISLAND

-20- IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS THERE IS TREASON IN THE CAMP

-21- IN WHICH ERNEST AND HIS COMPANIONS LAND AT CANNONDALE

-22- IN WHICH ERNEST 

-23- IN WHICH ERNEST TAKES THE WHEEL OF THE ADIENO

-24- IN WHICH ERNEST CONTINUES TO ACT AS PILOT OF THE STEAMER

-25- IN WHICH ERNEST PILOTS THE ADIENO TO THE SISTERS

-26- IN WHICH ERNEST TAKES COMMAND OF THE EXPEDITION

-27- IN WHICH ERNEST ENGAGES IN AN EXCITING STEAMBOAT RACE

-28- IN WHICH ERNEST PILOTS THE ADIENO TO PARKVILLE

-29- IN WHICH ERNEST FINDS A CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE