Project Gutenberg 2006-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 42 Fiske, James 1885 1933 Fiske, Colonel James Facing the German Foe E-text prepared by Brian Sogard, Irma Spehar, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Facing the German Foe" by Colonel James Fiske is a historical adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the looming threat of World War I, focusing on two young Boy Scouts, Harry Fleming and Dick Mercer, as they navigate the exciting and perilous environment leading up to the war. The novel addresses themes of loyalty, bravery, and the stark realities of war, intertwining the lives of the characters with the escalating tensions in Europe. The opening of the narrative introduces Harry Fleming and Dick Mercer, two Boy Scouts who find themselves in England during a tumultuous time as rumors of war escalate. As they discuss the possibility of conflict with their scoutmaster, John Grenfel, they express concerns about the potential for global warfare, particularly with German ambitions. The boys are drawn into the unfolding situation when newscasters announce that Germany threatens Russia, signaling imminent conflict. The narrative sets a tone of camaraderie and youthful innocence contrasted with the weight of impending disaster, as both boys contemplate their roles and responsibilities in the face of a world on the brink 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 265782 265648 2024-09-08T14:19:24.151271 2023-09-09T06:20:00.656034 text/html text/html 270345 2006-11-28T16:26:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 95087 2006-11-28T16:27:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 152032 2024-09-08T14:19:29.973233 application/epub+zip 152241 2024-09-08T14:19:25.700253 application/epub+zip 152240 2024-09-08T14:19:24.771253 application/epub+zip 309763 2024-09-08T14:19:33.516220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270577 2024-09-08T14:19:29.299230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270499 2022-09-09T12:06:06.549622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237704 237613 2024-09-08T14:19:23.506270 2023-09-09T06:19:59.913010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 237537 2006-11-28T16:23:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88266 2006-11-28T16:23:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18317 2024-09-08T14:19:33.653200 application/rdf+xml 13395 2024-09-08T14:19:25.133259 image/jpeg 3437 2024-09-08T14:19:24.952239 image/jpeg 140907 2024-09-08T14:19:24.174255 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