Project Gutenberg 2007-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 59 Castlemon, Harry 1842 1915 Fosdick, Charles Austin Castlemon, Henry George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Marcia Brooks, 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) "George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers" by Harry Castlemon is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work focuses on the experiences of the main character, Bob Owens, a young recruit in the United States cavalry, as he navigates the challenges and camaraderie of military life at Fort Lamoine, especially amidst discontent among the ranks. The narrative explores themes of bravery, duty, and the harsh realities of soldiering during this turbulent period in American history. The opening portion introduces us to Colonel Brown, the commanding officer at Fort Lamoine, who expresses concern over a rising number of deserters from his post. Bob Owens, who has recently joined the cavalry after enlisting under difficult circumstances, is appointed to lead a squad in pursuit of the deserters. As Bob comes to grips with military life, he finds himself wrestling with the decisions of his fellow recruits, dealing with camaraderie and conflict, and making his own moral stand against desertion. This initial chapter sets the stage for a story steeped in adventure and personal growth as Bob learns what it means to serve both his country and his comrades. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Camping -- Juvenile fiction Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 460875 459749 2024-10-09T11:30:22.021495 2023-09-10T03:44:52.872098 text/html text/html 464709 2007-06-02T16:59:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 422479 2021-01-02T17:42:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 540638 2024-10-09T11:30:32.658425 application/epub+zip 545189 2024-10-09T11:30:25.820457 application/epub+zip 247137 2024-10-09T11:30:24.282488 application/epub+zip 753583 2024-10-09T11:30:37.881393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 710281 2024-10-09T11:30:31.422456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399809 2022-09-10T08:36:46.356280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413371 413125 2024-10-09T11:30:20.820504 2023-09-10T03:44:51.925090 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 412865 2021-01-02T17:42:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152298 2021-01-02T17:42:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 412873 2021-01-02T17:42:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152296 2021-01-02T17:42:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22808 2024-10-09T11:30:38.029395 application/rdf+xml 14362 2024-10-09T11:30:24.869474 image/jpeg 3426 2024-10-09T11:30:24.574463 image/jpeg 498013 2024-10-09T11:30:22.074495 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