Partners of the tide by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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"Partners of the Tide" by Joseph Crosby Lincoln is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a Cape Cod village, it follows orphan Bradley Nickerson as he is taken in by the precise, well-meaning Allen sisters, while the bold Captain Ezra Titcomb and the spirited neighbor girl Gus Baker pull him toward the wider, rough-and-ready life of the shore. It’s a warm small‑town tale of coming-of-age, loyalty, and community
expectations. The opening of Partners of the Tide introduces Bradley’s arrival in a winter storm, the town’s gossip about the “old maids” adopting him, and his stagecoach ride with the affable Captain Titcomb to the Allens’ spotless home. We see Bradley’s awkward first night and morning, Titcomb’s tactful gifts and help outfitting him, and locals debating the Captain’s “smart” reputation. Bradley meets Gus Baker—the “dog girl”—and her unruly pack, leading to a school fiasco when a dog hides in the closet, chaos erupts, and Bradley is punished again after a playground fight with teaser Sam Hammond. At home he faces the sisters’ stern disapproval until Gus bursts in to take the blame; even after the Captain counsels patience and obedience, Bradley remains torn, quietly choosing loyalty to Gus over a promise to shun her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944 |
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| Illustrator | Rae, John, 1882-1963 |
| Illustrator | Weber-Ditzler, Charlotte, 1877-1958 |
| Title | Partners of the tide |
| Original Publication | New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1905. |
| Credits | Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Orphans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ship captains -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sisters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Single women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adopted children -- Fiction |
| Subject | Boys -- Fiction |
| Subject | Shipwrecks -- Fiction |
| Subject | Salvage -- Fiction |
| Subject | Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78581 |
| Release Date | May 2, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1384 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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