Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 40 White, William Allen 1868 1944 White, W. A. (William Allen) The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me" by William Allen White is a semi-autobiographical novel written during the early 20th century. The book follows the journey of the two main characters, Henry Jay Allen, an editor, and the narrator, who are both middle-aged American newspaper editors. They are sent to Europe as representatives of the American Red Cross during World War I, embarking on an adventure that blends humor and poignant insights into the human experience in wartime. The opening of the book establishes the contrast between the mundane lives of the protagonists in their small-town Kansas editors' roles and the extraordinary circumstances they find themselves in as they prepare for their trip to Europe. Henry and the narrator reflect on their anxieties and absurdities of packing, their initial reluctance towards military garb, and their subsequent departure aboard the ship Espagne. As they sail toward Europe, they encounter various personalities onboard, hinting at the camaraderie and complexities of wartime life that lie ahead, while the narrative is laced with humor, nostalgia for home, and a growing awareness of the gravity of their mission amidst the backdrop of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 399170 399065 2024-10-03T06:02:30.229384 2023-10-03T06:02:54.044365 text/html text/html 399163 399058 2024-10-03T06:02:30.488358 2023-10-03T06:02:54.210359 text/html text/html 233283 2024-10-03T06:02:38.456302 application/epub+zip 237616 2024-10-03T06:02:33.868327 application/epub+zip 228362 2024-10-03T06:02:32.558313 application/epub+zip 439723 2024-10-03T06:02:42.085274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418237 2024-10-03T06:02:37.691329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389862 2022-09-03T08:11:47.933091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379707 379653 2024-10-03T06:02:29.857362 2023-10-03T06:02:53.807359 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 379603 2013-04-09T15:15:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149938 2013-04-09T15:22:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19266 2024-10-03T06:02:42.217278 application/rdf+xml 16331 2024-10-03T06:02:33.152321 image/jpeg 3834 2024-10-03T06:02:32.861328 image/jpeg 232921 2024-10-03T06:02:30.524374 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