Project Gutenberg 2005-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 134 Durham, Victor G. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Jim Ludwig "The Submarine Boys on Duty" by Victor G. Durham is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around two enterprising young boys, Jack Benson and Hal Hastings, who aspire to work on the construction of a revolutionary submarine boat in the small town of Dunhaven. Their journey is filled with ambition, adventures in marine engineering, and the struggles of youth grappling with various challenges along the way. At the start of the novel, the two boys arrive in Dunhaven, dust-covered and eager for opportunity. They quickly learn about the submarine, known as "Pollard's Folly," being built at a nearby boatyard, which they are eager to join in working on. Their initial attempts to ingratiate themselves with the locals and the workmen at the boatyard introduce them to challenges, including a confrontation with a local bully, Dan Jaggers, and the foreman, Joshua Owen. The boys exhibit their resourcefulness throughout their interactions and quickly position themselves to secure jobs at the boatyard, hinging on their desire to be part of the innovative submarine project. Their adventure promises excitement, challenges, and the solidification of their dream in the burgeoning field of underwater warfare technology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Submarines (Ships) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 345580 345517 2024-10-07T13:38:52.252709 2023-09-08T04:25:26.509737 text/html text/html 345573 345510 2024-10-07T13:38:52.540712 2023-09-08T04:25:26.670743 text/html text/html 201666 2024-10-07T13:39:00.751667 application/epub+zip 206284 2024-10-07T13:38:55.672679 application/epub+zip 187731 2024-10-07T13:38:54.427686 application/epub+zip 389874 2024-10-07T13:39:04.606655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357629 2024-10-07T13:38:59.935636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325728 2022-09-08T09:01:06.884174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300719 300707 2024-10-07T13:38:51.850708 2023-09-08T04:25:26.222754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 300586 2020-12-12T21:50:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112797 2020-12-12T21:50:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18515 2024-10-07T13:39:04.735611 application/rdf+xml 13707 2024-10-07T13:38:54.968694 image/jpeg 3769 2024-10-07T13:38:54.695670 image/jpeg 198924 2024-10-07T13:38:52.569679 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