Project Gutenberg 2006-09-11 Public domain in the USA. 124 Grey, Zane 1872 1939 Gray, Zane Gray, Pearl Zane The Young Pitcher Produced by Justin Gillbank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Young Pitcher" by Zane Grey is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Ken Ward, a freshman at a large university, struggling to find his identity amid the challenges and social hierarchies of college life, particularly in the realm of athletics. The book presents themes of perseverance, self-discovery, and the intense atmosphere of college sports. At the start of the narrative, Ken faces a tumultuous initiation into university life, feeling insignificant and lost among his peers. His experience is marked by humiliation from upperclassmen and a fierce desire to prove himself, particularly in baseball, where he harbors ambitions of making the varsity team. As he grapples with loneliness and bullying, a chaotic incident results in him being chosen as the "bowl-man" for the freshmen, an honor that carries both weight and expectations. This opening section sets the stage for Ken's journey of growth, resilience, and the challenges he must overcome to earn respect and find his place on the baseball team. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en College students -- Fiction Universities and colleges -- Fiction Baseball -- Fiction College sports -- Fiction Baseball players -- Fiction PZ PS Text Western Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Fiction 349250 349259 2024-09-08T11:23:05.452917 2023-09-09T03:45:42.251875 text/html text/html 352850 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 128835 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 172593 2024-09-08T11:23:11.308865 application/epub+zip 177459 2024-09-08T11:23:06.909874 application/epub+zip 177459 2024-09-08T11:23:06.040890 application/epub+zip 322560 2024-09-08T11:23:14.569860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316328 2024-09-08T11:23:10.725863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315828 2022-09-09T08:33:54.251412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326401 326314 2024-09-08T11:23:04.790920 2023-09-09T03:45:41.642863 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 326337 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 125604 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 326328 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125584 2006-09-11T17:03:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21757 2024-09-08T11:23:14.705835 application/rdf+xml 11376 2024-09-08T11:23:06.405862 image/jpeg 3117 2024-09-08T11:23:06.221872 image/jpeg 171374 2024-09-08T11:23:05.484889 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