Project Gutenberg 2012-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 71 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 A Quarter-Back's Pluck: A Story of College Football Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Quarter-Back's Pluck: A Story of College Football" by Lester Chadwick is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around college life, primarily focusing on the friendship and adventures of three boys—Phil Clinton, Tom Parsons, and Sidney Henderson—as they navigate their experiences as sophomores at Randall College while juggling academics and sports, particularly football. The narrative introduces a camaraderie among the characters while hinting at rivalries, particularly with Fred Langridge, which sets the stage for conflicts in both sports and personal relationships. The opening of the novel establishes a lively atmosphere as Phil, Tom, and Sid are in the midst of moving into their new dormitory room. Amidst the chaos of packing and transporting their mismatched furniture, their playful banter reveals their personalities and how they support each other. While moving an old sofa proves challenging and amusing, their camaraderie is abruptly interrupted by talk of Phil's potential role on the football team and hints at complications involving his mother’s health. This sets up the conflict that will drive much of the plot—a challenge to Phil's aspirations following his shoulder injury during practice. The light-hearted tone fades into seriousness as Phil's character is tested by the potential loss of both his dream of playing and his mother's health, giving readers an insight into the stakes of college life and sports. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40668/40668-h/images/cover.jpg en College sports -- Juvenile fiction Football players -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction 457796 457807 2024-09-17T07:35:25.225431 2023-09-17T15:41:48.739395 text/html text/html 493392 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 418400 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 457856 2024-09-17T07:35:33.358425 application/epub+zip 461857 2024-09-17T07:35:26.531488 application/epub+zip 235188 2024-09-17T07:35:25.872464 application/epub+zip 625435 2024-09-17T07:35:38.551361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574798 2024-09-17T07:35:32.552414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349933 2022-09-18T15:41:18.107138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390253 390166 2024-09-17T07:35:23.694432 2023-09-17T15:41:47.196384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 389931 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145402 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 389924 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145377 2012-09-04T19:42:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20514 2024-09-17T07:35:38.724355 application/rdf+xml 21314 2024-09-17T07:35:25.977483 image/jpeg 3464 2024-09-17T07:35:25.925431 image/jpeg 416640 2024-09-17T07:35:25.291432 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 More titles under Garis, Howard Roger