Project Gutenberg 2004-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 44 Chase, Josephine 1931 Flower, Jessie Graham Lester, Pauline Gordon, Grace Thompson, Ames Bates, Gordon The Khaki Boys over the Top; Or, Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeni Warnken and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Khaki Boys over the Top; Or, Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam" by Josephine Chase is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century, specifically post-World War I. The book follows a group of young American soldiers known as the "Khaki Boys" as they prepare for and engage in the brutal realities of trench warfare during World War I, highlighting themes of camaraderie, bravery, and sacrifice. The beginning of the novel introduces us to the five main characters, Jimmy Blaise, Roger Barlow, Bob Dalton, Franz Schnitzel, and Ignace Pulinski, who are waiting in a trench for orders to advance in a battle against German forces. As they anxiously discuss the sounds around them, they express their concerns and fears, showcasing their close bond. The narrative captures their tense moments in the trench, the anticipation of battle, and the aftermath of the chaos as they rush "over the top" into action. It sets the stage for the conflict that lies ahead, underlining their hopes for survival and the uncertainty of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War I Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 307915 307806 2024-11-06T05:36:06.261981 2023-10-06T07:20:06.953977 text/html text/html 307908 307799 2024-11-06T05:36:06.583000 2023-10-06T07:20:07.326002 text/html text/html 209067 2024-11-06T05:36:15.404101 application/epub+zip 213420 2024-11-06T05:36:10.494951 application/epub+zip 172364 2024-11-06T05:36:09.047015 application/epub+zip 474297 2024-11-06T05:36:19.095150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443475 2024-11-06T05:36:14.488952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399618 2022-09-06T23:29:05.243394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267164 267106 2024-11-06T05:36:05.835001 2023-10-06T07:20:06.236986 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 266861 2020-12-15T07:42:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98493 2020-12-15T07:42:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266852 2020-12-15T07:42:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98467 2020-12-15T07:42:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21218 2024-11-06T05:36:19.225911 application/rdf+xml 23825 2024-11-06T05:36:09.640002 image/jpeg 4703 2024-11-06T05:36:09.334964 image/jpeg 206664 2024-11-06T05:36:06.609990 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia