Project Gutenberg 2014-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 172 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice E-text prepared by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Digital Library of the Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu) "The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice" by John Henry Goldfrap is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows two adolescent cousins, Ned Strong and Herc Taylor, who yearn for a life of adventure beyond the monotony of their rural existence. Inspired by a promotional poster of a U.S. Navy battleship, they decide to enlist in the Navy, anticipating a new life filled with excitement and heroism. At the start of the novel, Ned and Herc are found in their small town, captivated by a poster depicting a sailor on a battleship, which sparks their ambition to join the Navy. Their determination leads them to enlist, resulting in a comedic altercation with a local bully, Hank Harkins, and their grandfather's reluctant approval. The opening sets a tone of youthful enthusiasm and naivety as they transition from farm life to the naval adventure they have long dreamed of, unaware of the challenges and camaraderie that await them on their journey in Uncle Sam's Navy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sailors -- Juvenile fiction United States. Navy -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 393428 393156 2024-09-20T05:07:50.281238 2023-09-20T15:07:25.432810 text/html text/html 400077 2014-12-24T18:15:47 text/html 1598782 2014-12-24T18:18:36 text/html application/zip 1564834 2024-09-20T05:07:57.761214 application/epub+zip 1564943 2024-09-20T05:07:51.378257 application/epub+zip 228309 2024-09-20T05:07:50.785249 application/epub+zip 1708987 2024-09-20T05:08:02.732167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1653862 2024-09-20T05:07:56.934201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322102 2022-09-21T16:53:50.858179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345621 345378 2024-09-20T05:07:48.608285 2023-09-20T15:07:23.938791 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345572 2014-12-24T18:10:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 132728 2014-12-24T18:10:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 345580 2014-12-24T18:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132721 2014-12-24T18:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20680 2024-09-20T05:08:02.878164 application/rdf+xml 30928 2024-09-20T05:07:50.879228 image/jpeg 4538 2024-09-20T05:07:50.832267 image/jpeg 1611725 2024-09-20T05:07:50.345261 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