Project Gutenberg 2009-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 58 Duffield, J. W. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Peter Vachuska, David Edwards, Bruce Albrecht, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Bert Wilson on the Gridiron" by J. W. Duffield is a fictional sports novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Bert Wilson and his teammates as they strive to succeed in college football, facing challenges both on and off the field. The novel captures the competitive spirit and camaraderie of young athletes as they navigate the pressures of sports, criticism, and personal conflicts. At the start of the book, the reader is thrown into an intense practice session where the underdog "scrubs" dare to challenge the esteemed "Varsity" football team. The atmosphere is charged with determination and camaraderie, highlighting the rivalry between the two teams as the scrubs fiercely hold their ground against the Varsity players. Just as it seems the scrubs might pull off an upset, the Varsity manages to secure a narrow victory through a late-game kick, setting the stage for themes of perseverance and the quest for redemption among the characters, particularly Bert Wilson, who is determined to earn his place among the stars of the sport. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Football -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 321655 321660 2024-10-12T11:13:09.556703 2023-09-12T13:24:05.356806 text/html text/html 322773 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239581 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 257447 2024-10-12T11:13:15.162740 application/epub+zip 260025 2024-10-12T11:13:10.858702 application/epub+zip 199479 2024-10-12T11:13:09.987695 application/epub+zip 366491 2024-10-12T11:13:18.662688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333496 2024-10-12T11:13:14.655708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271343 2022-09-13T10:50:47.909147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290954 290822 2024-10-12T11:13:08.753705 2023-09-12T13:24:04.817802 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 290788 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113069 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290780 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113048 2009-05-08T16:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20575 2024-10-12T11:13:18.807649 application/rdf+xml 26197 2024-10-12T11:13:10.370707 image/jpeg 3860 2024-10-12T11:13:10.181692 image/jpeg 239421 2024-10-12T11:13:09.590742 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