Project Gutenberg 2013-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 68 Driscoll, James R. Driscoll, Lieutenant James R. The Brighton Boys in the Trenches Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "The Brighton Boys in the Trenches" by James R. Driscoll is a historical novel likely written during the early 20th century, around the time of World War I. The story revolves around Herbert Whitcomb and his friend Roy Flynn as they navigate the challenges of growing up, friendship, and service to their country during the war. This book captures the spirit of patriotism and the intense emotions faced by young soldiers conscripted into a time of conflict. The opening of the novel sets the stage in Brighton, where Herbert reflects on the bittersweet days of graduation as classmates prepare to enlist in the military. Amidst his despair over potentially leaving school, he is inspired to join the war effort after witnessing a confrontation with a German speaker, showcasing his passion and courage. The narrative follows Herbert's journey from his school days to the recruiting office, his decision to enlist alongside Roy, and their early experiences in military training, setting up the themes of heroism and loyalty amid the harsh realities of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42733/42733-h/images/i01.jpg en World War, 1914-1918 -- Trench warfare -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 346035 346045 2024-09-18T04:55:03.390876 2023-09-18T13:17:44.584901 text/html text/html 347663 2013-05-18T05:29:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2944833 2013-05-18T05:29:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2739924 2024-09-18T04:55:11.396818 application/epub+zip 2732644 2024-09-18T04:55:04.580900 application/epub+zip 202147 2024-09-18T04:55:03.939876 application/epub+zip 2852672 2024-09-18T04:55:17.034823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2793910 2024-09-18T04:55:10.113853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285318 2022-09-19T13:59:04.766754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293913 293710 2024-09-18T04:55:02.373896 2023-09-18T13:17:43.645935 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 293743 2013-05-18T05:29:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115565 2013-05-18T05:29:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 293735 2013-05-18T05:29:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115535 2013-05-18T05:29:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19975 2024-09-18T04:55:17.201773 application/rdf+xml 27947 2024-09-18T04:55:04.038863 image/jpeg 4615 2024-09-18T04:55:03.988866 image/jpeg 2972179 2024-09-18T04:55:03.526917 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