Project Gutenberg 2005-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 88 Smith, Thorne 1892 1934 Smith, James Thorne Dorgan, Dick 1892 1953 Dorgan, Richard W. Biltmore Oswald : $b The diary of a hapless recruit Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. Produced from page images provided by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries "Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit" by J. Thorne Smith, Jr. is a comedic novel written in the early 20th century. The book presents a humorous narrative of Oswald, an inexperienced recruit in the Navy, as he goes through rigorous training and encounters various absurd situations and colorful characters. The story likely explores themes of camaraderie, the challenges of military life, and the humorous absurdities of boot camp. At the start of the diary, the protagonist, Oswald, humorously details his enlistment process, showcasing his overwhelming inexperience and the bemusement of the officers around him. His attempts to impress the enlistment officer backfire as he realizes that his lack of genuine sailing experience paints him as a stereotypical hapless recruit. Following this, Oswald's physical examination and subsequent experiences provide a comedic commentary on the various eccentricities of military life, as he navigates interactions with fellow recruits, medical personnel, and his own mother, who expresses exaggerated concern for his well-being. The tone is light-hearted and satirical, laying the groundwork for a comical exploration of his journey in the Navy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories United States. Navy -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 233191 233194 2024-10-07T11:33:36.720315 2023-09-07T11:49:33.802521 text/html text/html 228150 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii 3704883 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 3941274 2024-10-07T11:33:43.656316 application/epub+zip 3933225 2024-10-07T11:33:37.845310 application/epub+zip 177946 2024-10-07T11:33:37.213366 application/epub+zip 3995688 2024-10-07T11:33:47.947288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3975134 2024-10-07T11:33:42.080275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248972 2022-09-08T06:38:44.106020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204168 203998 2024-10-07T11:33:36.026304 2023-09-07T11:49:33.215530 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204049 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81886 2020-12-12T11:54:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20383 2024-10-07T11:33:48.119264 application/rdf+xml 28182 2024-10-07T11:33:37.298303 image/jpeg 4219 2024-10-07T11:33:37.254312 image/jpeg 3747367 2024-10-07T11:33:36.903321 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 en.wikipedia