Project Gutenberg 2014-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 59 Barbour, Ralph Henry 1870 1944 Barbour, R. H. (Ralph Henry) Rigney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph) 1882 1962 Rigney, Frank J. Rigney, Francis Joseph Quarter-Back Bates Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Quarter-Back Bates" by Ralph Henry Barbour is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Richard "Dick" Bates, a popular and talented high school football player who is leaving his hometown for Parkinson School to advance his education and pursue his passion for the sport. As he embarks on this new journey, the narrative explores themes of friendship, competition, and the challenges of fitting into a new environment. At the start of the book, we find Dick Bates at a train station, surrounded by friends and well-wishers as he prepares to leave for Parkinson. His father shows pride in his son’s popularity, while Dick maintains a modest demeanor despite secretly enjoying the attention. The opening chapters introduce various characters, such as his future roommate Gard and a quirky fellow student named Washington P. Quiggle, offering a glimpse into the social dynamics at the preparatory school. Dick's initial experiences illustrate his transition from small-town life to the more competitive atmosphere at Parkinson, setting the stage for his development both in football and personal relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Schools -- Juvenile fiction Football -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction 425617 425619 2024-10-19T16:15:29.778674 2023-09-20T11:29:56.644557 text/html text/html 429902 2014-10-14T19:37:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 685239 2014-10-14T19:38:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 743991 2024-10-19T16:15:37.280636 application/epub+zip 741243 2024-10-19T16:15:31.102695 application/epub+zip 262566 2024-10-19T16:15:30.458685 application/epub+zip 850919 2024-10-19T16:15:41.917636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811087 2024-10-19T16:15:36.554654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333268 2022-09-21T11:52:11.476107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372191 2024-10-19T16:15:28.755683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381960 2014-10-14T19:37:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 145355 2014-10-14T19:38:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 372373 2014-10-14T19:38:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144062 2014-10-14T19:38:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 372364 2014-10-14T19:38:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144030 2014-10-14T19:38:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23562 2024-10-19T16:15:42.078617 application/rdf+xml 24886 2024-10-19T16:15:30.557654 image/jpeg 3738 2024-10-19T16:15:30.508671 image/jpeg 684805 2024-10-19T16:15:29.829678 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