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This book is for listeners who love frontier adventure, cavalry life and clever escapes, and who like young heroes who earn their stripes through nerve, honesty and loyal friendship.
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A colonel slams a paperweight on a stack of reports and says the desertions at Fort Lamoine must stop. Thirty men have slipped away from his Texas post, and he sends for a boy of eighteen with corporal's stripes on his sleeve. How did a runaway who once took a mail carrier's money become one of the colonel's trusted corporals?
George at the Fort, or Life Among the Soldiers, is a frontier novel by Harry Castlemon. It follows young cavalry recruit Bob Owens and his old friend George Ackerman, a rancher's son who signs on as a scout. You get drill, desertion, tracking, smoke signals and a chase across a desert.
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- 1A runaway learns what a promise costsFree
- 2A secret overheard becomes a first command
- 3Courage in a dark tunnel
- 4An old friend returns as a scout
- 5A disguise, a letter and a long ride home
- 6A scout reads the ground like a page
- 7A thunder in the dark, and a camp saved
- 8Smoke signals and a trail of small boots
- 9The raid on the sleeping camp
- 10What the story says about duty and justice
- 11How the story is told, and what to watch for
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A runaway learns what a promise costs
The book opens at Fort Lamoine, a log stockade in Texas. Colonel Brown is furious, because thirty men have deserted since he took command. The story then goes back a year to Bob in Galveston. He slips away from his friend George with his last fifty cents, then walks into a cavalry recruiting office and claims to be an orphan.
On the long march to the fort, ranchers tell the recruits they could earn forty dollars a month instead of thirteen. A grumbler named Bristow plans to run. Bob refuses to join him, because he knows deserters are hunted and he is already ashamed of one dishonest act.
At the fort Bob drills, stands guard and grooms his horse until it shines. The grumblers call him a toady, but he does not mind. He wants to repay what he owes and prove he is no coward. Owning a mistake and then doing the next job well is where a good name begins.
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- LengthAbout 62,800 words
- Reading timeAbout 4 h 25 min
Questions about George en el fuerte; o, La vida entre los soldados
What is George at the Fort about?
It follows Bob Owens, a young cavalry corporal, and his friend George Ackerman, a rancher's son turned scout, as they hunt deserters, track Kiowa raiders across the Staked Plains, and rescue two captive boys.
Who are Bob Owens and George Ackerman?
Bob is a runaway who enlisted in the cavalry at Galveston and works to become a trusted corporal. George is a young Texas ranch owner who volunteers as a scout to help stop the border raiders.
What does the Staked Plains mean in the book?
The Staked Plains is a vast, waterless region of Texas. The name comes from stakes that Mexican traders once set to mark a route. In the story the pursuers must cross it without water.
Is George at the Fort a true story?
It is a work of fiction by Harry Castlemon, set in the Texas border country after the Civil War. Its army routines, tracking methods and smoke signals are drawn from frontier life of that time.
Is George at the Fort easy to follow?
Yes, the style is clear and direct. Short chapters, lively dialogue and a narrator who explains army terms and tracking tricks make it easy to follow, so you can enjoy the scenes of action and friendship.
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Castlemon, Harry. George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/george-at-the-fort-or-life-among-the-soldiers.
Castlemon, H. (2026). George at the fort; or, life among the soldiers. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/george-at-the-fort-or-life-among-the-soldiers (Original work published 1885)
Castlemon, Harry. George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/george-at-the-fort-or-life-among-the-soldiers.
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author = {Castlemon, Harry},
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year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1885}
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