Project Gutenberg 2007-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 71 Ellis, Edward Sylvester 1840 1916 Jayne, R. H. Ellis, E. S. (Edward Sylvester) Ellis, Edward S. (Edward Sylvester) Randolph, Geoffrey Hawthorne, R. M. LaSalle, Charles E. Adams, J. F. C. (James Fenimore Cooper) Adams, James Fenimore Cooper Adams, Capt. "Bruin" Muller, Billex Robins, Seelin Belknap, Boynton H. Belknap, B. H. (Boynton H.) Rodman, Emerson Hunter, Ned Lasalle, Chas. E. Emerson, Edwin The Boy Patriot Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Taavi Kalju, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Boy Patriot" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story takes place during the early 19th century, following the life of Blair Robertson, a young boy from Fairport, Maine, who is deeply influenced by the patriotic fervor surrounding the War of 1812. As the novel unfolds, Blair grapples with the responsibilities and moral dilemmas of being a true patriot while developing a sense of compassion and duty toward others, including an English boy whom he saves. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Fairport, a coastal town with a rich setting shaped by the struggles of its early settlers. In the initial chapters, Blair captivates his peers with impassioned speeches against British oppression but soon faces a crisis when he mistakenly leads his friends to toss an innocent English boy, Hal, into the water. As he rescues Hal, Blair’s mother imparts wisdom on the true meaning of patriotism, and Blair begins to learn about the importance of integrity and moral character. The dynamics between Blair, Hal, and the other boys set the stage for a deeper exploration of friendship, loyalty, and the essence of being a patriot in turbulent times. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 187755 187437 2024-10-09T09:08:55.694980 2023-09-09T10:54:16.715298 text/html text/html 188318 2007-04-17T13:50:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 164513 2021-01-02T15:58:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245449 2024-10-09T09:09:01.674941 application/epub+zip 244348 2024-10-09T09:08:57.677010 application/epub+zip 145111 2024-10-09T09:08:56.439954 application/epub+zip 366275 2024-10-09T09:09:04.773926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336040 2024-10-09T09:09:00.868944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213808 2022-09-10T05:59:46.858151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162558 162310 2024-10-09T09:08:55.104982 2023-09-09T10:54:16.263355 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 162151 2021-01-02T15:58:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62995 2021-01-02T15:58:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21027 2024-10-09T09:09:04.908940 application/rdf+xml 11513 2024-10-09T09:08:56.995959 image/jpeg 3169 2024-10-09T09:08:56.713971 image/jpeg 228916 2024-10-09T09:08:55.720971 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